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Northwest Africa 7010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7010 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7010 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 314 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Feb 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 7010 (NWA 7010) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Sept 2011 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) Petrography: Sparse chondrules. Olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and altered kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.7-25.2), orthopyroxene (Fs20.8-21.1Wo1.6-1.5), clinopyroxene (Fs6.8-8.1Wo45.3-44.4). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1571: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revision history: |
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