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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7927 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7927 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Morocco Mass: 658 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Jun 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7927 (NWA 7927) Morocco Purchased: 2012 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6) History: Purchased by Brahim Tahiri from a Moroccan hunter and sent to his partner Sean Tutorow for classification, 2012. Physical characteristics: Single stone, fusion crusted, saw cut reveals breccia with cm-sized clasts set in an orange-brown groundmass, scattered fine-grained metal/sulfide. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows numerous texturally equilibrated chondritric clasts set in a fine-grained, to cataclastic, matrix, some metal is oxidized, oxidized weathering veins present, indistinct or relict chondrules, plagioclase up to 100 μm. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and L. Burkemper, UNM) Olivine Fa29.8±0.6, Fe/Mn=58±2, n=7; low-Ca pyroxene Fs24.4±0.2Wo2.0±0.1, Fe/Mn=35±1, n=7. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6), weathering grade W2. Specimens: 47.2 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) |
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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 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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