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Northwest Africa 8602

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 8602
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8602
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 711 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	LL4
Recommended:			LL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 411 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 17 Oct 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8602 (NWA 8602)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2014 Jan

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4)

History: Purchased by F. Kuntz in January 2014 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, round, closely-packed chondrules (mean diameter 1.0 ± 0.7 mm, one 3.2 mm) in a matrix containing stained metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_27.2-27.3, N = 3), orthopyroxene (core Fs_11.3Wo_0.2; Fs_22.0-22.1Wo_0.7-0.8, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs_11.9Wo_32.2; Fs_23.3Wo_35.0).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4).

Specimens: 27.98 g including one polished thick section at PSF; main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Zagora
Date:	P 2014 Jan
Mass (g):	711
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	27.2-27.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.3; 22.0-22.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.2; 0.7-0.8
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	27.98
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	F. Kuntz
Comments:	K227; submitted by P. Sipiera

Institutions
and collections

PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Don Cuarzo
Mike Markowitz
Ryan Upchurch
Wojciech Moscinski

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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