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Northwest Africa 4824
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4824
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4824
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 97 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 94  (2008)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 17 Apr 2008
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Writeup from MB 94:

Northwest Africa 4824

Northwest Africa

Find: 2007

Achondrite (eucrite, monomict breccia)

History and physical characteristics: A 97 g fully crusted, fresh stone was purchased in Tucson at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in January 2007.

Petrography: (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU) Highly shocked monomict, basaltic eucrite breccia. Partially recrystallized with plagioclase glass, mosaic to recrystallized pyroxenes, and dark, shock-melt clasts.

Mineral compositions: Pigeonite host, Fs56.6Wo5.7; augite lamellae, Fs33.2 Wo32.6. Plagioclase is An90.8.
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, monomict breccia).

Type specimen: 19.7 g is on deposit at NAU. The main mass holder is anonymous.

Data from:
  MB94
  Table 2
  Line 66:
State/Prov/County:Erfoud
Date:2007
Mass (g):97
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Shock stage:moderate
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):19.7
Type spec location:NAU
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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