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Northwest Africa 8032
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8032
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8032
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 3.24 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Oct 2013
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Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 8032 (NWA 8032)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2012

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Purchased by Terry Boswell in 2012 from a dealer in Midelt, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Rare chondrules. Olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, altered kamacite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.0-25.2), orthopyroxene (Fs21.8-22.6Wo1.2-1.6), clinopyroxene (Fs8.0-8.7Wo45.8-45.6).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6).

Specimens: 25.5 g and one polished thin section are at UWB. The remainder is held by Mr. T. Boswell.

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Midelt
Date:P 2012
Mass (g):3240
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.0-25.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.8-22.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2-1.6
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):25.5
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:T. Boswell
Comments:TB13-12; 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)
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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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