Meteorite Northwest Africa NWA 2060 (howardite) | GhoSST | SSHADE

Sample

Name: Meteorite Northwest Africa NWA 2060 (howardite)

Owner of sample

Database

GhoSST

Experimentalists

Sandra Potin

Origin of sample

Physical characteristics

Thickness: 1.0 ${\mu}m$
Mass: 0.11 $g$
Comments: Fine powder of the meteorite Northwest Africa 2060, manually crushed in an agate mortar. The sample has not been sieved, but presents an unimodal grain size, between 50µm and 75µm.

Sample environment: Temperature

Temperature: 21.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $^{\circ}C$

Sample environment: Fluid

Type: ambient air
Fluid temperature: 21.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $^{\circ}C$

Documentation and publication

Publications

Beck et al., 2012, Icarus, 218, 364 - 377

Layers in sample

Number

1

Layers

Meteorite Northwest Africa 2060 (howardite) , 1.0 ${\mu}m$

Sample processings