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Forsterite from Northwest Africa Meteorites

Algeria
 
  • Adrar Province
    • Zaouiet Kounta District
      • In Zghmir
Hutchison, R., Reed, S.J.B., Ash, R.D. & Pillinger, C.T. (1991) Adrar 003: A new extraordinary unequilibrated ordinary chondrite. Meteoritics 26 (4): p. 349. (Dec 1991).
  • Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province
    • Bordj Badji Mokhtar District
      • Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Endress, M., Keil, K., Bischoff, A., Spettel, B., Clayton, R. N. & Mayeda, T. K. (1994) Origin of dark clasts in the ACFER 059/El Djouf 001 CR2 chondrite: Meteoritics 29 (1): 26-40. (Jan 1994).
Weber, D., & Bischoff, A. (1992, March). Mineralogy and chemistry of refractory inclusions in CR-like chondrites from the Sahara desert. In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts (Vol. 23, p. 1505).
Oba, T., Nagase, K. & Hayashi, A. (1998) Mineralogy and petrology of chondrule in Ouallen (Tanezrouft) meteorite: Bulletin Joetsu Univ. Educ. 17(2): 891-899. (March1998).
  • In Salah Province
    • In Salah District
      • Foggaret Ezzaouia
Krot, A. N., Fagan, T. J., Keil, K., McKeegan, K. D., Sahijpal, S., Hutcheon, I. D., Petaev, M. I. & Yurimoto, H. (2004). Ca,Al-rich inclusions, amoeboid olivine aggregates, and Al-rich chondrules from the unique carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094: I. mineralogy and petrology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (9), 2167-2184. (May 2004).
Wlotzka, F. (1991). Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 71. Meteoritics, vol. 26 (3), 255-262. (Sept 1991).
Wlotzka, F. (1991). Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 71. Meteoritics, vol. 26 (3), 255-262. (Sept 1991).
Anorthite, Augite, Corundum, Diopside, Forsterite, Grossite, Hibonite, Melilite, Olivine, Perovskite, Pigeonite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Spinel
        • Aguemour
Bischoff, A., Sears, D.W.G., Benoit, P.H., Geiger, T., & Stoeffler, D. (1992) New Type 3 Ordinary Chondrites from the Sahara Desert: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Abstracts) 23: 107-108. (March 1992).
Mauritania
 
  • Assaba Region
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
  • Tagant Region
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
  • Tiris Zemmour Region
    • Bir Moghrein
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
Morocco
 
  • Souss-Massa Region
    • Tata Province
      • Foum Zguid
Bell, D. R., Buseck, P. R., Channon, M. D., Hervig, R., Rieck, K. D. & Singletary, S. J. (2008) SIMS Analysis of the Isotopic Composition of Lithium in Meteorites: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, LPI Contribution #1391: pdf#2276. (March 2008).
Northwest Africa Meteorites
 
http:www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=61807
Rubin, A.E., Breen, J.P., Isa, J. & Tutorow, S. (2016) New Kind of Chondrite: A Clast with Carbonaceous, Ordinary, and Unique Characteristics in the Northwest Africa 10214 LL3 Breccia: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLVII. LPI Contribution No. 1903, pdf.1048. (March 2016).
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
Treiman, Allan H, Semprich, Julia (2023) A dunite fragment in meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11421: A piece of the Moon’s mantle. American Mineralogist, 108 (12) 2182-2192
Xia, Zhipeng, Bingkui Miao, Chuantong Zhang, Hongyi Chen, Lanfang Xie, P. M. Ranjith, Yikai Zhang, and Bowen Si. (2021) "Petrography and Shock Metamorphism of the Lunar Breccia Meteorite NWA 13120" Minerals 11, no. 8: 899. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11080899
Mikouchi, T., McKay G., Koizumi E., Monkawa, A. & Miyamoto, M. (2003) Northwest Africa 1670: A new quenched angrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38(7,Suppl.): A115.
Fintor, K., Walter, H. & Nagy, Sz. (2013) Petrographic and Micro-Raman Analysis of Chondrules and (Ca, Al)-Rich Inclusions of NWA 2086 CV3 Type Carbonaceous Chondrite: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIV. LPI Contribution No. 1719, p.1152. (March 2013)
Russell, S.S., Zolensky, M.E., Righter, K., Folco, L., Jones, R.H., Connolly, H.C. Jr., Grady, M.M. & Grossman, J.N. (2005). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 89, 2005 September. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40, #9 (Suppl.), pp. A201-A263. (Sept 2005).
Moggi-Cecchi, V., Pratesi, G., Salvadori, A., Franchi, I.A., and Greenwood, R.C. (2007) Textural and minerochemical features of NWA 1807 and 2180, two new CV3 chondrites from Northwest Africa. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII pdf #2338.
www.lpi.usra.edu (n.d.) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/?code=47137
www.lpi.usra.edu (2020) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=50844
Jacquet, E., Barrat, J. A., Beck, P., Caste, F., Gattacceca, J., Sonzogni, C., & Gounelle, M. (2016). Northwest Africa 5958: A weakly altered CM‐related ungrouped chondrite, not a CI 3. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51(5), 851-869.
www.lpi.usra.edu (2010) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php
Greshake, A. (2014) A strongly hydrated microclast in the Rumuruti chondrite NWA 6828: Implications for the distribution of hydrous material in the solar system. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49 (5): 824-841. (May 2014)
(n.d.)
www.lpi.usra.edu (2013) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=55627
Metzler, K., Bischoff A., Greenwood, R.C., Palme, H., Gellissen, M., Hopp, J., Franchi, I.A. & Trieloff M. (2011) The L3–6 chondritic regolith breccia Northwest Africa (NWA) 869: (I) Petrology, chemistry, oxygen isotopes, and Ar-Ar age determinations. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 46, 652-680. (May 2011).
 
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