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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8370 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8370 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Morocco Mass:  15.25 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 8 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8370 (NWA 8370) Morocco Found: 2011 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB) History: Found in 2011 in Morocco and purchased by DPitt. Physical characteristics: Complete specimen with regmaglypts. Minor weathering. No oxidition on outer surface, probably reflecting natural sandblasting; the buried surface possesses a deep ocher patina. Petrography: Heavily shocked and cross-hatched medium octahedrite. Bandwidth 1.1±0.2 mm. The cross hatching of the kamacite is very prominent. One small (0.7 × 2.5 mm) FeS grain, close to a shear(?) zone cutting across a corner of the section, seems to have survived intact. Geochemistry: Composition: 5.26 mg/g Co, 84.4mg/g Ni, 21.4 μg/g Ga, 9.9 μg/g As, 5.9 μg/g Ir, and 1.19 μg/g Au. Classification: Bandwidth and position on Co-Au and Ga-Au diagrams indicate classification as IIIAB. Specimens: This iron can be resolved from all other IIIAB irons in the UCLA data base. Among the twenty irons closest in Au and Co there are no other NWA irons. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, 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 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||