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Northwest Africa 8296
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8296
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8296
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 160 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 28 Feb 2014
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Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8296 (NWA 8296)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Purchased by Brahim Tahiri from a Moroccan hunter and sent to his partner Sean Tutorow for classification, 2013.

Physical characteristics: Single stone, weathered dark exterior, saw cut reveals scattered fine-grained metal set in a dark brown groundmass.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows a numerous distinct, equilibrated chondrules.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and H. Miley, UNM) EMPA. Olivine Fa24.8±0.5, Fe/Mn=51±3, n=26, low Ca-pyroxene Fs21.2±1.3Wo1.5±0.7, Fe/Mn=30±1, n=11.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5), weathering grade (W2).

Specimens: 23.70 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2013
Mass (g):159.97
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.8±0.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.2±1.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.7
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):23.7
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Field name G497; submitted by C. Agee, UNM
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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