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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 3205 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3205 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  1374 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-ung. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 21 Sep 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 3205 (NWA 3205) (Northwest Africa) Find date unknown Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB, ungrouped) Petrography: Polished, etched 4x3 cm face of main mass. Moderately weathered, no heat-altered zone. Beautiful octahedral structure. Bands ~1 cm long, have 0.05 mm dots of schreibersite in interiors. Kamacite wider near schreibersites. One large inclusion 13x4 mm has schreibersite, troilite and possibly graphite. Plessite, mostly fine, covers ~40% of area. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 8.09, Ni (mg/g) 117.1, Ga (µg/g) 33.3, Ge (µg/g) 52, As (µg/g) 16.9, Ir (µg/g) 14.8, Au (µg/g) 1.79. Submitter: J. T. Wasson, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||