Northwest Africa 1827

Name: Northwest Africa 1827
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1827
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 877 grams

Meteoritical Bulletin:    (2004)  Mesosiderite-C
MetBase:    (2006)  Mesosiderite-C
Recommended:  Mesosiderite-C  

This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite-C.   

 Northwest Africa 1827

Morocco

Purchased 2003 June

Mesosiderite

A complete stony-iron meteorite (877 grams) was purchased in Rissani by a Moroccan dealer for N. Oakes (Oakes) in 2003 June.  Classification and mineralogy ; Igneous texture, mostly medium-grained but with some large mineral clasts of orthopyroxene and plagioclase (commonly surrounded by metal-rich areas).  Predominantly orthopyroxene with about 10 vol% metal (5 wt% Ni), troilite, chromite, merrillite, and sparse, large anorthite clasts. Large orthopyroxene clasts are more magnesian than the predominant medium-sized orthopyroxene grains.  Small elongate grains of a secondary Ca-Fe-rich phosphate mineral occur along fractures in merrillite grains,


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