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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7716 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7716 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 74 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7716 (NWA 7716) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2012 Jan Classification: Pallasite History: Purchased by John Higgins in January 2012 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Physical characteristics: A group of 40 small weathered stones. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) This extensively weathered specimen now consists of fragments of fresh olivine (with rare troilite inclusions) cross-cut by veinlets of iron hydroxides containing some remnant kamacite and taenite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa13.7±0.1, n = 3; FeO/MnO = 39-42). Classification: Pallasite. Specimens: 40 g of material and one polished thin section are at UWB. The remaining material is held by Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |