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Northwest Africa 3075
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3075
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3075
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 446 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 391 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
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Writeup from MB 88:

Northwest Africa 3075

Northwest Africa

Found 2002

Achondrite (eucrite)

A single stone of 446 g completely covered by fusion crust was found in 2002 by an anonymous finder in the Western Saharan desert. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB): polymict breccia with basaltic, impact melt and large minerals clasts set into a more fine-grained matrix of plagioclase, pigeonite with augite exsolution lamellae, and opaque phases; some clasts show cumulate texture;  plagioclase, An87 (range An83.4-88.2); pigeonite, Fs32.9-74.2Wo7.5-16.7; augite, Fs64.7Wo21.6; minor phases include silica, chromite, and phosphates; numerous shock veins, strong mosaicism of pyroxene, and strong undulatory extinction of plagioclase attest high degree of shock; moderate degree of weathering. Specimens: Main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 20.2 g plus one polished thin section MNB.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 200:
Date:2002
Mass (g):446
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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