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Northwest Africa 8751 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8751 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8751 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 234 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 217 approved meteorites classified as CK5. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 1 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 8751 (NWA 8751) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Jun Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5) History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in June 2014 from a dealer in Mauritania. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Separated, round mm-sized chondrules (one 4.3 mm in diameter) containing Cr-magnetite occur within a matrix containing red-brown, stained magnetite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.0-31.1, FeO/MnO = 106-117, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs25.8-25.9Wo0.6-0.7, N = 3), augite (Fs8.6-10.1Wo47.2-45.1; N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5). Specimens: 22.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB; the remainder is held by DPitt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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