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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8020 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8020 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Nov 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 8020 (NWA 8020) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Aug Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Purchased by Adam Aaronson in Temara, Morocco, in August 2013. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Monomict breccia composed of eucrite clasts with subophitic texture. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica, ilmenite, Ti-chromite, troilite and minor barite. Geochemistry: Host orthopyroxene (Fs62.1-62.2Wo2.7-2.6; FeO/MnO = 29), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs27.4-27.8Wo44.5-43.6; FeO/MnO = 27-31), plagioclase (An86.2-88.9Or0.3-0.2). Classification: Eucrite (basaltic, monomict). Specimens: 17 g and one polished thin section are at UWB. The remainder is held by Aaronson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |