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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11325 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11325 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 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 Jul 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11325 (NWA 11325) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Feb Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in February 2017 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Monomict breccia consisting of subophitic-textured clasts in a sparse matrix. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, Ti-chromite and troilite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs61.3-61.4Wo2.0, FeO/MnO = 30-32, N = 2), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs25.8-26.0Wo44.0-44.1, FeO/MnO = 32-34, N = 2), plagioclase (An85.3-85.4Or0.6-0.7, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia, subophitic). Specimens: 16.9 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |