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Northwest Africa 7882
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7882
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7882
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 35 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 604 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 10 Dec 2013
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Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 7882 (NWA 7882)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 Feb

Classification: Ureilite

History: Purchased by Alexandre Debienne in February 2013 from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular assemblage of olivine (with reduced rims containing pure Fe metal) and pigeonite. Minor secondary calcite is present.

Geochemistry: Olivine (core Fa21.3-21.4, rim Fa4.5), pigeonite (Fs17.3-17.5Wo7.7-7.8).

Classification: Ureilite.

Specimens: Type specimen plus one polished probe mount at PSF; main mass with A. Debienne.

Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Agadir
Date:P 2013 Feb
Mass (g):35
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):21.3-21.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.3-17.5
Wollastonite (mol%):7.7-7.8
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):7.1
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:A. Debienne
Comments:AD 13202; submitted by P. Sipiera
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8402 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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