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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8320 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8320 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 27 Jan 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8320 (NWA 8320) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Feb Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased by D. Pitt in February 2014 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Separated granular chondrules (mean 1.4±1.1 mm) and white, amoeboid 3 mm CAI in an orange-brown oxidized matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.3-7.3, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.9-4.5Wo1.4-3.3, N = 3), Al-Ti diopside in CAI (Fs0.6-0.9Wo54.2-46.3; Al2O3 11.1-10.9 wt.%, TiO2 0.7-0.9 wt.%). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 10.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remaining material is held by DPitt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |