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Northwest Africa 7830 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7830 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7830 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 2.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites classified as CK3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CK chondrites, CK3 chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 12 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7830 (NWA 7830) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Mar Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3) History: Purchased in Ouarzazate, Morocco in March 2013 by Mohamed Aid. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Unequilibrated specimen consisting of separated, round chondrules (some rimmed by magnetite) in a relatively abundant red-brown matrix. Olivine, orthopyroxene, diopside, intermediate plagioclase, relatively abundant Cr-bearing magnetite (partly altered to iron hydroxide) and minor pentlandite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa10.4-33.1), orthopyroxene (Fs1.4-21.9Wo1.3-0.6), diopside (Fs0.5-0.7Wo44.2-44.1). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3). Specimens: A total of 20.2 g of material and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. Mr. M. Aid holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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