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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8363 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8363 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 478 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites classified as L-melt rock. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 22 Feb 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup | Writeup from MB 104 Northwest Africa 8363 (NWA 8363) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Dec Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L, melt rock) History: Purchased by John Higgins in December 2013 from a dealer in Guelmin, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) This specimen consists almost entirely of fine, lath-shaped silicate grains (i.e., a melt texture) with ragged and wispy grains of melted metal; hence S6. Fine-grained aggregate of lath-shaped grains of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene sodic plagioclase, chromite, merrillite, and troilite, plus ragged shred-like grains of kamacite and primary pores. Rare objects that may be relict chondrules are present in places. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.6-25.2, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs19.8-20.7Wo1.2-2.5, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs7.3-7.7Wo44.8-44.7). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L melt rock). Specimens: 29 g including one polished thick section at UWB. The remainder is held by J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections | University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in MAPS 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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