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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8049 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8049 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 617 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Feb 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8049 (NWA 8049) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Aug Classification: Ureilite History: Purchased in August 2013 by Aras Jonikas from a dealer in Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular aggregate of zoned olivine and pigeonite. Olivine rims are much more magnesian than cores and contain fine inclusions of iron metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (cores Fa16.0, Cr2O3 = 0.8 wt.%; rims Fa2.5, Cr2O3 = 0.7 wt.%), pigeonite (Fs13.0-13.4Wo7.3-7.4). Classification: Ureilite. Specimens: 24.4 g including a polished thin section at UWB. The remainder is held by Mr. A. Jonikas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |