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Northwest Africa 3148
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3148
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3148
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 138 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

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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Northwest Africa 3148

Morocco

Purchased 2005 January

Achondrite (eucrite)

A single, 80% crusted stone (138 g) was purchased from a Moroccan dealer in Rissani by G. Hupé (Hupé) in 2005 January. Classification and mineralogy (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Texturally, this specimen consists of groups of calcic plagioclase laths (An89.2-90.0Or0.4) interstitial to pyroxene grains.  The pyroxene-rich regions are mainly exsolved pigeonite, now consisting of orthopyroxene (Fs62.4-63.1Wo5.2-5.5, FeO/MnO = 27.6-30.3) and clinopyroxene (Fs30.1-30.5Wo42.6-42.7, FeO/MnO = 29.1-30.3), with associated discrete subcalcic augite and blebby fayalite inclusions.  Accessory phases are ilmenite, troilite, silica polymorph, kamacite and rare zircon.  Specimens: type specimen, 20.5 g, and one polished thin section, UWS; main mass, xHupé.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 484:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:2004
Mass (g):138
Pieces:1
Class:Euc
Ferrosilite (mol%):62.4-63.1
Type spec mass (g):20.5
Comments:Plag An89.2-90Or0.4, cpx Fs30Wo42; Undefined note: UWS means University of Washington, Department of Geological Sciences, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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)
xHupé: (old address—now see GHupé or AHupé) G. and A. Hupe, 2616 Lake Youngs Court SE, Renton, WA 98058., United States (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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