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Northwest Africa 8346

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 8346
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8346
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass: 334 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	Iron, IAB-sLL
Recommended:			Iron, IAB-sLL [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 7 May 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8346 (NWA 8346)

Morocco

Purchased: June 2010

Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-sLL)

Petrography: Coarse medium octahedrite, bandwidth 1.31±0.23 mm (n=38). Numerous tiny schreibersite crystals, graphite, rare troilite. X-ray fluorescence maps were used to characterize mineralogy/structure.

Geochemistry: composition by ICPMS (K. Tachikawa, CEREGE): 4.80 mg/g Co, 84.3 mg/g Ni, 13 µg/g Cr, 175 μg/g Cu, 57.3 μg/g Ga, 175 μg/g Ge,16.6 μg/g As, 1.9 μg/g Ir, 4.3 μg/g Pt, 1.2 μg/g Au.

Classification: IAB-sLL

Data from:
  MB103
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Place of purchase:	Besançon
Date:	P June 2010
Mass (g):	334
Pieces:	2
Class:	Iron, IAB-sLL
Classifier:	P. Rochette, K. Tachikawa, B. Devouard
Type spec mass (g):	24.1
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name K156; submitted by P. Rochette

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; 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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
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Mike Markowitz

Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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