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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8395 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8395 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Western Sahara Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8395 (NWA 8395) Western Sahara Found: 2014 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Found by a meteorite hunter on a 2014 Jan-Feb expedition in Western Sahara, and subsequently purchased by Darryl Pitt. Physical characteristics: Single stone with partial weathered fusion crust. Saw cut reveals fine-grained, light gray groundmass, scattered oxidation stains. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows ophitic texture with ~60% pyroxene and ~40% plagioclase, grain size ~100 μm. Accessory troilite, ilmenite, chromite, and silica. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Low-Ca pyroxene Fs64.3±2.0Wo5.3±1.8, Fe/Mn=31±1, n=6; high-Ca pyroxene Fs48.4±±0.1Wo23.6±10.8, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=14; plagioclase An78.7±4.6Ab19.3±3.5Or2.0±1.9, n=6. Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite). Equilibrated, basaltic eucrite Specimens: 20.65 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, DPitt holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:![]() |
Statistics: This is 1 of 262 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names) |