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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: 89 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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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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