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Northwest Africa 12417
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12417
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12417
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1400 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 27 Jul 2019
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Northwest Africa 12417 (NWA 12417)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018 Aug

Classification: Ureilite

History: Puchased in Rabat, Morocco, by Adam Aaronson in August 2018.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular aggregate of olivine (~75 vol.%) and pigeonite (~25 vol.%) with minor secondary calcite. Olivine exhibits reduced magnesian, Fe metal-bearing rims. We did not observe any graphite either optically or in BSE images (despite a search for it), and this specimen is not sufficiently hard to contain microdiamond.

Geochemistry: Olivine (cores Fa19.8-20.1; rim Fa6.4; N = 3), pigeonite (Fs16.6-16.7Wo9.7-9.6, N = 2), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs14.0Wo4.1).

Classification: Ureilite.

Specimens: Type specimen divided between UWB (9 g) and ROM (12 g). One polished thin section at UWB. Remainder with DGregory.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Rabat
Date:P 2018 Aug
Mass (g):1400
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):19.8-20.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6-16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):9.7-9.6
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Type spec location:UWB, ROM
Main mass:R. Gregory
Comments:Work name M2161; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
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)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
DGregory: David Gregory, 230 First Avenue, Suite 108, St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 4P5, Canada (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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