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Northwest Africa 7935
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7935
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7935
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 48.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Sep 2013
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 7935 (NWA 7935)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 April

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5)

History: Purchased by B. Li in Tucson in April 2013.

Physical characteristics: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, and B. Li) Meteorite fragment, surface party covered by fusion crust, saw-cut surface shows dark gray clast, chondrules and metal specks, set in a brown-colored matrix. Magnetic susceptibility log χ =3.52.

Petrography: Microprobe examination of a polished thin section shows moderately well developed chondrules (dominantly porphyritic) up to 1.5 mm (mean 0.5 mm), chondrule and mineral fragments in recrystallized matrix with few metal grains.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine: Fa30.0-31.2, mean Fa30.5±0.35 (n=16); low Ca pyroxene: Fs24.4-26.3, mean Fs25.0±0.61 (n=9), Wo1.4-2.0, mean Wo1.7±0.20; diopside Fs9En45Wo46 (n=1); feldspar An10Or4 (n=1); Chromite CRAL=FFM=88 (n=1); taenite: Ni=37.3, Co=1.7 wt.% (n=1).

Classification: ordinary chondrite (LL5)

Specimens: 10.1 g on deposit at Kiel, B. Li holds the main mass and 11.9 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB102
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Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2013 April
Mass (g):48.2
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):30.5±0.35 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.0±0.61 (n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.20
Magnetic suscept.:3.52
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz; B. Li
Type spec mass (g):10.1
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:B. Li
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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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Synonymshelp: Northwest Africa 8006 (Accidentally released under two names)
NWA 8006 (Accidentally released under two names)
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