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Northwest Africa 7642

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7642
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7642
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 180.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 281 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 8 Nov 2014

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Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 7642 (NWA 7642)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2012 Dec

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in December 2012 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Apparently monomict breccia composed of basaltic eucrite clasts plus related crystal debris. Lithic clasts exhibit variable degree of recrystallization, with finer grained domains. Minerals are orthopyroxene, discrete subcalcic augite, pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, troilite, Ni-free metal, and rare zircon.

Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (core Fs_45.1Wo_1.7, FeO/MnO = 36; rim Fs_54.1-54.3Wo_2.7-4.3, FeO/MnO = 31-34), subcalcic augite (Fs_27.7-28.7Wo_39.3-36.7, FeO/MnO = 29-32), pigeonite (Fs_41.9Wo_21.9, FeO/MnO = 32).

Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia).

Specimens: 22.3 g of material and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. DPitt holds the main mass.

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Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2012 Dec
Mass (g):	180.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-mmict
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	low
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	22.3
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	DPitt
Comments:	D720; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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