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Northwest Africa 8017
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8017
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8017
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 816 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

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 19 Nov 2013
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Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 8017 (NWA 8017)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011 Aug

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco, by Adam Aaronson in August 2011.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa29.9-30.8), orthopyroxene (Fs24.8-25.3Wo2.3-2.0), augite (Fs9.5-10.8Wo44.3-42.8).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6).

Specimens: 22.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remainder is held by Aaronson.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Temara
Date:P 2011 Aug
Mass (g):816
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):29.9-30.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.8-25.3
Wollastonite (mol%):2.3-2.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):22.5
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:A. Aaronson
Comments:M1280; 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)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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