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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15652 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15652 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: Niger Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Jan 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15652 (NWA 15652) Niger Purchased: March 2022 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Purchased on March, 2022 by Thomas C. Garner through a seller in Niamey, Niger. Physical characteristics: A single gark brown stone partially covered in light gray caliche, saw cut reveals a brecciated interior with bright metal flecks and a few chondrules set against a shock darkened groundmass. Petrography: (D. Dickens, CCMS) Microprobe and optical examination of polished probe mount shows a breccia of mm sized angular clasts with sparse poorly delineated chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Kamacite and troilite were observed in mm sized blebs. Geochemistry: (D. Dickens, CCMS and A. S. Bell, CUB) Olivine Fa24.2±0.3, n=6; low-Ca pyroxene Fs20.9±0.4Wo1.1±0.1, n=2. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) Specimens: 33 g on deposit with Cascadia; Main mass with Logan Garner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB112 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 2011) CUB: Daniel Ozdín, Mineralogical Museum of Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia (institutional address; updated 2 Dec 2018) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 109 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names) |