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Northwest Africa 8002
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 89 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 840 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 30 Dec 2013
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Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 8002 (NWA 8002)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 Jun

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in June 2013 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, medium-sized (0.3-1.6 mm) chondrules. Olivine, orthopyroxene, subcalcic augite, augite, sodic plagioclase, chromite, altered kamacite and troilite. .

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa1.0-49.9; Cr2O3 in ferroan examples is 0.06-0.20 wt.%, mean 0.11±0.05 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs3.5-40.3Wo0.5-2.4), subcalcic augite (Fs5.8Wo34.2), augite (Fs9.5Wo45.1).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3.5). Estimation of subtype based on histograms of Cr2O3 distribution in ferroan olivine given in Fig. 4 of Grossman and Brearley (2005).

Specimens: 17.8 g and one polished thin section are at UWB. The remainder is held by DPitt.

Bibliography:
  • Grossman J.N. and Brearley A.J. (2005) The onset of metamorphism in ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 40, 87-122. (link)
Data from:
  MB102
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2013 Jun
Mass (g):89
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):1.0-49.9 (n = 9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):3.5-40.3
Wollastonite (mol%):0.5-2.4
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):17.8
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:D. Pitt
Comments:DP731; submitted by A. Irving
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)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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