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Northwest Africa 8193
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8193
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8193
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1016 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Feb 2014
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Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8193 (NWA 8193)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2010

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: A single desert varnished stone weighing 1.16 kg was found in Morocco and purchased by Blaine Reed at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in February of 2010

Physical characteristics: Stone is dark-colored, ovoid in shape and covered with ~60% dark brown fusion crust.

Petrography: Description and classification (A. Love, App): Sample is a breccia composed of rounded and angular clasts of recrystallized chondritic material, recrystallized lithic and glassy fragments. Two relict chondrules were observed to have an avg. diameter 813.5 μm.

Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Fa26.8±1.1, N=17; low Ca pyroxene Fs22.9±0.3Wo1.2±0.2, n=12.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6 S3 W2)

Specimens: 36.55 g and 1 polished thin section and 2 polished mounts are on deposit at App

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Tuscon Gem and Mineral Show
Date:P 2010
Mass (g):1016
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26.8±1.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.9±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.2
Classifier:A. Love, App
Type spec mass (g):36.55
Type spec location:App
Main mass:Blaine Reed
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Submitted by A. Love, App
Institutions
   and collections		 App: Department of Geology, 572 Rivers St., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Mar 2013)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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