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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8060 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8060 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 51.4 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 27 Jan 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8060 (NWA 8060) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Sep Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) History: Purchased by G. Fujihara in September 2013 from a Moroccan dealer at the Denver Mineral Show. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Small (0.6±0.3 mm), separated chondrules, mineral fragments and rare amoeboid CAI are set in a very fine-grained, dark brown matrix containing cronstedtite-tochilinite, kamacite, pentlandite and anorthite. Some chondrules have concentric dust rims and some CAI contain diopside + spinel. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.6-62.8, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs1.1-1.7Wo1.2-3.3, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs2.4-4.2Wo32.2-38.8). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Specimens: 11 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remaining material is held by G. Fujihara. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 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, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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