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Name:
Northwest Africa 869 (NWA 869)
ACCN:
Type:
Chondrite, L3-6
Location:
area of Tindouf, Algeria
Coordinates:
27° 40.5' N, 8° 7.7' W
Fall:
4.4 ± 0.7 × 10
3
yrs ago
Found:
2000/2001
TKW:
>2 t
Chemical Composition:
Regolith breccia, containing solar noble gases and preirradiated lithologies. Olivine in lithic clasts: Fa0.2-49.2; olivine in matrix: Fa10.3-29.3; low-Ca pyroxene in lithic clasts: Fs2.1-35.9; low-Ca pyroxene in matrix: Fs7.0-23.9. Bulk oxygen isotopes: δ17O = 3.52; δ18O = 4.67; Δ17O = 1.09 per mil.
Weathering grade:
W1, S3
Age:
4402 ± 7 × 10
6
yrs
Additional Information:
Exact location of meteorite fall strewn field is unknown.
External References:
1)
Met. Bull. Database
2)
Encyclopedia of Meteorites
Notes:
Alternative name: NWA 869
Currently, by total mass (~2t), NWA 869 is the largest stony meteorite discovered on Earth.
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Item:
Full Individual
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Inventory Code:
M-NWA869.O4
Registration Year:
2017
Origin:
IMCA#1693
Size:
20 × 15 × 14 mm
Weight:
7.76 g
Short Description:
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Notes:
Former item of the Museum of Meteorites Meteoriti.LV collection.
Now it is in private collection.
Registered owner:
Private owner
Certificate No.:
20********29
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