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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8766 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8766 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 482 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 13 Feb 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8766 (NWA 8766) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was bought 2014 at a mineral fair in Munich, Germany. Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture of 2 to 3 mm sized olivine, orthopyroxene and pigeonite grains. It contains flaky graphite; olivine displays characteristic reduced rims. Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa2.5-11; Cr2O3 in ol: ~0.7 wt% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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