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Northwest Africa 8019
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8019
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8019
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 3.65 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H 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 8019 (NWA 8019)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 Aug

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco by Adam Aaronson in August 2013.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-developed, small chondrules in a relatively coarse grained matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.4-19.5), orthopyroxene (Fs17.1-17.4Wo0.9-1.0), augite (Fs5.3-6.5Wo47.1-46.3).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4).

Specimens: 20.1 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 2013 Aug
Mass (g):3652
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.4-19.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.1-17.4
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9-1.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:A. Aaronson
Comments:M1423; 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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