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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7263 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7263 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 554 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 6 Sep 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7263 (NWA 7263) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2012 Mar Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco by Aaronson in 2012 March. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Relatively coarse grained plutonic assemblage of exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite and troilite. Geochemistry: Exsolution lamellae of augite (Fs21.7-23.8Wo42.0-39.4, FeO/MnO = 30-32) within host orthopyroxene (Fs49.3-51.1Wo3.2-1.7, FeO/MnO = 25-31). Classification: Eucrite (gabbroic). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 8394 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names) |