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Northwest Africa 8092
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8092
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8092
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 29 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Approved 22 Jan 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 8092 (NWA 8092)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 July

Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite)

Petrography: (A. Greshake, MNB) The small grayish colored individuals contain abundant diogenetic and less abundant coarse-grained basaltic eucrite clasts set into a fine-grained clastic matrix. Some dark melt clasts were encountered. Basaltic eucrite clasts are composed of exsolved pyroxene and calcic plagioclase. Accessory minerals include silica polymorphs, pyrrhotite, and chromite.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene: Fs20.7-56.7Wo1.7-5.8; FeO/MnO=24-32; augite: Fs23-29.2Wo39.6-41.7; FeO/MnO=27-32; calcic plagioclase: An68-87.7

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2013 July
Mass (g):29
Pieces:many
Class:Howardite
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7-56.7; 23-29.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7-5.8; 3 9.6-41.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):6.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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