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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 3056 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3056 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  68 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 251 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Northwest Africa 3056 Northwest Africa Found 2003 Achondrite (eucrite) Several small stones totalling 68 g were found in 2003 by an anonymous finder in the Western Saharan desert and purchased in Zagorra in 2003. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB): monomict breccia dominated by large blocky pagioclase and less abundant pigeonite with augite exsolution lamellae; plagioclase, An96.5; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs36.1-38.4Wo2.8-3.1; augite, Fs16.1-40.5Wo41.4-43.8; phases include silica, chromite, and Mg-Al-rich chromite; moderate degree of shock; low degree of weathering. Main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 14.8 g plus one polished thin section MNB. | ||||||||||||
| Data from: MB88 Table 4 Line 197: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7810 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1971 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||