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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7886 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7886 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 252 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Nov 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7886 (NWA 7886) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Feb Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: Purchased by Alexandre Debienne in February 2013 from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Rare chondrules. Olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, altered kamacite, taenite iron sulfide and chlorapatite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.9-25.3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.3-20.7Wo1.2-1.1), clinopyroxene (Fs7.7-8.7Wo44.1-42.8). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Specimens: Type specimen plus one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with A. Debienne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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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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