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Northwest Africa 8216
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8216
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8216
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 176 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 94 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 18 May 2014
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Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8216 (NWA 8216)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 Dec

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Lodranite)

History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco by Adam Aaronson in December 2013.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fragmental breccia composed of closely-packed angular mineral grains within sparse matrix, and characterized by large, green clinopyroxene grains and staining around some metal grains. Minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, chromite, troilite and stained kamacite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa11.4-11.5; FeO/MnO = 23-25), orthopyroxene (Fs10.1-10.2Wo3.1-3.8; FeO/MnO = 14-15), clinopyroxene (Fs4.5-4.6Wo43.0-43.3; FeO/MnO = 9-10).

Classification: Lodranite breccia. This material is likely paired with NWA 8118 and NWA 8251.

Specimens: 20.3 g including a polished thin section at UWB. The remainder is held by Aaronson.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Temara
Date:P 2013 Dec
Mass (g):176
Pieces:3
Class:Lodranite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low to m
Fayalite (mol%):11.4-11.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.1-10.2; 4.5-4.6
Wollastonite (mol%):3.1-3.8; 43.0-43.3
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:A. Aaronson
Comments:M1653; 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)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
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.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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