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Northwest Africa 8740 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8740 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8740 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 292 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Jan 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8740 (NWA 8740) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: One flattened stone weighing 292 g was found in Morocco in 2014. David Holden acquired the sample from a meteorite prospector in Erfoud, 2014. Physical characteristics: The stone is dark brown and has a flattened rectangular shape displaying many shallow regmagpylts. There is no relict fusion crust remaining on the exterior. The cut face of the interior of the stone is mottled orangish-brown and shows weathered flakes of metal. Petrography: (A. Love, App) Sample displays recrystallized chondritic texture crosscut by shock veins and fractures containing FeOH weathering products. Chondrules are not defined. Geochemistry: (A.Love, ) Olivine Fa26.1±0.4, N=14; Low Ca pyroxene Fs21.7±0.5Wo1.9±0.3, N=12 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, S4, W3) Specimens: Two slices weighing 22.4 g, and a polished thin section are currently on deposit at App. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
App: Department of Geology, 572 Rivers St., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Mar 2013) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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