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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8256 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8256 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 7139 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Feb 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8256 (NWA 8256) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Purchased by Zsolt Kereszty in 2013 from a Moroccan dealer. Physical characteristics: A single brown stone (816 g) lacking fusion crust. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules and a moderate amount of altered metal. Composed of olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and altered kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.8-25.4), orthopyroxene (Fs20.5-20.8Wo1.2-1.7), clinopyroxene (Fs7.3-7.4Wo46.2-44.6). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Specimens: 44.1 g including one polished thin section at BajaAO. The main mass is held by Mr. Z. Kereszty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) BajaAO: Baja Astronomical Observatory H-6500 Baja, Szegedi ut KT. 766, Hungary; Website (institutional address; updated 3 Oct 2014) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 7579 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) |