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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7946 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7946 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 771 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 Nov 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7946 (NWA 7946) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 May Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Purchased by Mohamed Aid in Ouarzazate, Morocc,o in May 2013. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Composed of small (0.2-0.9 mm), well-formed chondrules plus sparse mineral fragments and fine grained, CAI occur in a fine-grained, deep-brown matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.2-85.8; Cr2O3 in ferroan examples is 0.16-0.31 wt.%, mean 0.23 wt.%, s.d. 0.07 wt.%, N = 8), orthopyroxene (Fs1.2-2.0Wo1.2-1.4), subcalcic augite (Fs1.3-2.0Wo38.4-36.3). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3.3). Estimation of subtype based on histograms of Cr2O3 content in ferroan olivine given by Grossman and Brearley (2005). Specimens: 20.3 g and one polished thin section are at UWB. The remainder is held by M. Aid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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