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Northwest Africa 2068 | |||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2068 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2068 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as R3.8. [show all] Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 88:
Northwest Africa 2068 Morocco Found 2002 Rumuruti chondrite (R3.8) A 134 g partial stone was purchased in Erfoud, July 2003. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): unbrecciated, unequilibrated with little matrix olivine; chondrule mesostasis poorly crystallized. Matrix olivine, Fa39.5 ± 1.8; chondrule and matrix olivine range, Fa15.3-42; opx, Fs20.5Wo0.5; poorly crystallized plagioclase, An10.2Or4; pentlandite, Ni = 30.4 wt %, Co = 1.3 %; chromite, Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.91. Shock stage, S2: weathering grade, W2. Specimens: 23.2 g. NAU; main mass, Boswell. | ||||||||||||
Data from: MB88 Table 4 Line 155: |
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Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7552 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) |