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Northwest Africa 8670 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8670 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8670 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 53 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as CK6. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 12 Dec 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8670 (NWA 8670) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 May Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6) History: Purchased by John Higgins in May 2014 from a dealer in Laayoune, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Largely recrystallized with few obvious chondrules and abundant Cr-bearing magnetite with marginal secondary iron hydroxides. Olivine is stained pale brown; other minerals are clinopyroxene, intermediate plagioclase and pentlandite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa34.1-34.8, FeO/MnO = 111-116, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs9.3-10.3Wo48.0-47.1, N = 3). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6). Specimens: 10.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remaining material is held by Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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