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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7347 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7347 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Morocco Mass:  1537 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Aug 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Northwest Africa 7347 (NWA 7347) Morocco Purchased: 27 January 2012 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) History: An unusual looking stone was bought at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, and later confirmed to be a meteorite. Physical characteristics: The stone is brown with a bumpy surface, remnant fusion crust, and caliche. The cut surface is dark gray, showing areas of melt and chondritic material. Petrography: (A. Rubin, UCLA) Interior shows area of melt containing mafic grains, chondrule fragments, and 30-µm-size metal-sulfide assemblages. The unmelted portion shows equilibrated textures, and contains numerous thin sulfide veins, 50-μm-size plagioclase grains, and olivine with strong mosaic extinction. Classification: L6-melt breccia, W2, S6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Tobin: J. Tobin, The Meteorite Exchange, PMB #455, P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||