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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 3129 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3129 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Morocco Mass:  132.1 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 508 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 3129 Northwest Africa Found 2002 Achondrite (eucrite) A single, partially crusted 132.1 g stone was purchased in Erfoud in 2004 February. Description and classification (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): light to medium gray, microcrystalline (< 0.3 mm, mean grain size of ~ 0.2 mm), subophitic basalt; fractured with interclast granulation and recrystallization; minor clast rotation. Pigeonite, Fs56.3-63.5Wo16.1-6.5 with submicron exsolution lamellae; Ca-pyroxene, Fs49Wo27.9; plagioclase, An90.8, chromite, cr# = 92.7, troilite, ilmenite, metal, and silica. Shock level, S2-3; low grade weathering. Specimens: 20.1, NAU; main mass, Oakes. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB89 Table 7 Line 470: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) Oakes: Nelson Oakes, Route 1, House 50C, Uniondale, PA 18470, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1646 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 23 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||