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Northwest Africa 12946
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12946
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12946
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.92 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 276 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 7 Nov 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12946 (NWA 12946)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 Feb

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict)

History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in February 2019 from a Mauritanian dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia consisting of eucrite clasts with intersertal texture plus related crystalline debris in a sparse matrix. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite and calcic plagioclase together with accessory silica polymorph, ilmenite, Ti-chromite, troilite and rare Ca phosphate.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs61.2-62.2Wo2.4-2.2, FeO/MnO = 31-33, N = 4), high-Ca pyroxene (Fs26.8-28.1Wo44.1-42.5, FeO/MnO = 31-34, N = 4), plagioclase (An89.3-89.7Or0.4, N = 2).

Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia).

Specimens: 20.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with DPitt.

Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2019 Feb
Mass (g):2922
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-mmict
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):61.2-62.2; 26.8-28.1
Wollastonite (mol%):2.4-2.2; 44.1-42.5
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):20.5
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:D. Pitt
Comments:Work name MVCH 456B; submitted by A. Irving
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)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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