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Northwest Africa 2062 | |||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2062 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2062 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: (Northwest Africa) 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 | ||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 88:
Northwest Africa 2062 Morocco Found 2003 Achondrite (eucrite) A 50.3 g partial stone with 20 % crust was purchased in Erfoud, July 2003. Classification and mineralogy (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU): fine-grained subophitic to intergranular basalt with recrystallized, cataclastic enclaves and thin, shock-melt veins. A swirling pattern of glass is evident. Orthopyroxene compositions are tightly clustered around Fs63.1Wo2.1 (Fe/Mn = 32.7); Ca-rich pyroxene centered about Fs25.2Wo48.1. Plagioclase, An91.3. Minor phases include silica, ilmenite, chromite, low Ni-metal, and phosphate. Weathering grade, W1: exterior iron oxides and caliché; slight interior staining. Shock level is variable. Specimens: 13.8 g, NAU; main mass, Boswell. | ||||||||||||
Data from: MB88 Table 4 Line 150: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |