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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13782 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13782 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 13 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 13782 (NWA 13782) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Nov Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) Petrography: Basalt with major mineral unzoned pigeonite (~60 vol.%) and plagioclase (~35 vol.%). Minor mineral include silica polymorph, augite, troilite. The size of pigeonite and plagioclase mainly ranges from 100 to 2000 µm Geochemistry: Ca-pyroxene Fe23.8±0.9Wo46.5±0.1 (n=4). Plagioclase An88.9±1.5 (n=6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IGCAS: Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China (institutional address; updated 27 Mar 2018) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names) |