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Northwest Africa 11894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11894 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11894 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 72.3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Aug 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 11894 (NWA 11894) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Ureilite History: Specimen was purchased from a dealer in Dakhla, Western Moroccan Sahara. Petrography: olivine (~80%) with reduced rims, pyroxene (pigeonite) (~15%), metals, and carbon phases. Olivines are up to 1 mm in size. Graphite and diamonds were found. Geochemistry: Mineral Compositions and Geochemistry: Olivine cores, Fa19.2±0.0; rims Fa12.6±0.0). Pyroxenes, Fs13.7±0.1Wo 7.4±0.1). Classification: Ureilite Specimens: 15.3 g including a thin section at UWO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWO: University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, BGS 1026, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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