NWA 7163 LL3 Chondrite Meteorite Part Slice weighing 0.8g

Name: NWA 7163 LL3 Chondrite Meteorite Part Slice weighing 0.8g
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Northwest Africa 7163

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7163
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7163
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 91 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 358 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 2 Feb 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 7163 (NWA 7163)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Purchased by Marcin Cimała in 2011 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Closely-packed, well-formed chondrules (1.5±0.6 mm) in a finer matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_7.4-56.7, Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.09-0.30 wt.%, mean 0.13±0.07 wt.%, N = 9), orthopyroxene (Fs_0.3-16.9Wo_0.9-1.3, N = 3), pigeonite (Fs_21.5Wo_16.4), augite (Fs_14.9Wo_39.1).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3).

Specimens: 18.9 g including one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with Mr. M. Cimała.

Data from:
MB104
Table 0
Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2011
Mass (g):	91
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	7.4-56.7 (N = 9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.3-16.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.9-1.3
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	18.9
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	M. Cimala
Comments:	MC 087; submitted by P. Sipiera