Baddeleyite from Northwest Africa Meteorites


Mauritania
Assaba Region ⓘ Boumdeid (2011) meteorite	(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.

Morocco
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Region Boujdour Province Jraifia Cercle ⓘ Oued Awlitis 001 Lunar meteorite	Ferrière, L., Meier, M.M.M., Assis Fernandes, V., Fritz, J., Greshake, A., Barrat, J.-A., Böttger, U., Bouvier, A., Brandstätter, F., Busemann, H., Korotev, R.L., Maden, C., Magna, T., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Schrader, D.L., Wadhwa, M. (2017): The unique crowdfunded Oued Awlitis 001 lunar meteorite – A consortium overview. 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 2017, 1621.pdf [https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2017/pdf/1621.pdf]

Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 11421 Lunar meteorite (NWA 11421)	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
ⓘ Northwest Africa 1460 Martian meteorite (NWA 1460)	Irving, A. J., & Kuehner, S. M. (2003, March). Petrology of NWA 1460: A Baddeleyite-bearing Shergottite Paired with NWA 480. In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts (Vol. 34, p. 1503).
ⓘ Northwest Africa 1669 Martian meteorite (NWA 1669)	www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/news51.html
ⓘ Northwest Africa 2737 Martian meteorite (NWA 2737)	Ozawa, S., Ireland, T. R., El Goresy, A. & Ohtani, E. (2009) U-Pb Dating of Baddeleyite in Shergotty, Zagami and NWA 2737: Implications for Crystallization and Impact Ages of Martian Meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44 (7, Suppl.): A163. (Jul 2009).
ⓘ Northwest Africa 3171 Martian meteorite (NWA 3171)	www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb89preview.pdf.
ⓘ Northwest Africa 6963 meteorite (NWA 6963)	Lindner, M., Hezel, D. C., Gerdes, A., Marschall, H. R., & Brenker, F. E. (2022). Young magmatism and Si‐rich melts on Mars as documented in the enriched gabbroic shergottite NWA 6963. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 57(11), 2017-2041.
ⓘ Northwest Africa 856 Martian meteorite (NWA 856; Djel Ibone Martian meteorite)	Leroux, H., & Cordier, P. (2006). Magmatic cristobalite and quartz in the NWA 856 Martian meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41(6), 913-923. Jambon, A., Barrat, J. A., Sautter, V., Gillet, P., Göpel, C., Javoy, M., ... & Lesourd, M. (2002). The basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 856: Petrology and chemistry. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 37(9), 1147-1164.

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