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Northwest Africa 8304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8304 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8304 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 433 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 93 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite. [show all] Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Jun 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8304 (NWA 8304) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Nov Classification: Primitive achondrite (Lodranite) History: Purchased in Morocco in November 2013 by Mike Farmer. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular aggregate (grainsize 0.4-1.2 mm) of olivine, orthopyroxene, intermediate plagioclase, merrillite, kamacite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa13.8-14.1, FeO/MnO = 35-41), orthopyroxene (Fs12.3-12.4Wo2.3-2.5, FeO/MnO = 15-18). Classification: Lodranite. Specimens: 20.6 g including one polished endcut at UWB. The remaining material is held by MFarmer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 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) MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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