NWA 8793

 

NWA 8793

Found Sahara, 2011

Chondrite

(H)L3

Specimen is a 3.73g slice



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Northwest Africa 8793
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8793
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8793
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 624 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:   MB 105   (2016)   H(L)3
Recommended:       H(L)3    
Writeup Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 8793 (NWA 8793)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2011 Jun
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H(L)3)
History: Purchased by Fabien Kuntz in June 2011 from a Moroccan dealer at the Ensisheim Show.
Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed chondrules (average apparent diameter 700 μm) are set in a finer-grained matrix containing abundant altered metal.
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa11.3-30.6; Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.02-0.13 wt.%, mean 0.08±0.04 wt.%, N = 8), orthopyroxene (Fs4.5-15.2Wo0.3-1.1, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs9.1Wo29.5), augite (Fs6.1Wo44.7). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.68.
Classification: Ordinary chondrite, L(H)3.
Specimens: 26.2 g plus one polished thin section at PSF; 26.05 g at MGC; main mass with Kuntz.
Institutions
   and collections
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 2024-11-05)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 2012-01-15)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
MGC: Muséum Georges Cuvier, Montbéliard, France (institutional address; updated 2013-10-01)

 

 

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