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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8607 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8607 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 261 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 105 approved meteorites classified as Lunar. [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Nov 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8607 (NWA 8607) (Northwest Aftica) Purchased: 2014 Classification: Lunar meteorite History: Purchased by Adam Aaronson in Morocco, 2014. Physical characteristics: Single stone, no fusion crust, irregular sandblasted exterior. A saw cut and polished surface reveal a breccia with multiple textural lithologies and prominent shock melt veining. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of polished, saw-cut surface of deposit sample shows a breccia with multiple lithologies: Lithology A (olivine gabbro-norite), Lithology B (olivine gabbroic anorthosite), Lithology C (fragmental feldspathic breccia), Lithology D (shock melt). Fe-Ni metal, sulfide, chromite, ilmenite, and phosphate are ubiquitous accessory phases throughout this meteorite. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM). Lithology A (olivine gabbro-norite): olivine Fa29.2±1.6, Fe/Mn=98±6, n=13; low-Ca pyroxene Fs25.6±1.5Wo3.8±0.6, Fe/Mn=57±6, n=15; pigeonite Fs25.0±5.1Wo12.3±7.7, Fe/Mn=59±8, n=8; augite Fs9.9±4.4Wo42.6±2.8, Fe/Mn=40±7, n=2; plagioclase An95.7±0.6Ab4.0±0.6Or0.3±0.1, n=8. Lithology B (olivine gabbroic anorthosite): olivine Fa25.9±1.5, Fe/Mn=97±11, n=29; pigeonite Fs19.5±2.0Wo8.4±2.7, Fe/Mn=50±4, n=33; augite Fs13.8±3.1Wo38.1±1.8, Fe/Mn=44±7, n=8; plagioclase An92.6±3.0Ab6.7±2.8Or0.7±0.2, n=12. Shock melt (20 μm defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO2=44.18±2.80, TiO2=0.58±0.35, Al2O3=24.44±4.70, Cr2O3=0.16±0.09, MgO=6.99±2.41, FeO=6.89±2.97, MnO=0.10±0.05, CaO=13.94±1.98, NiO=0.02±0.03, Na2O=0.54±0.35, K2O=0.15±0.07 (all wt%), Fe/Mn=84±29, Mg#=64.6±6.3, n=24. Classification: Achondrite (lunar polymict breccia) Specimens: A total of 21.4 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM. Aaronson holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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