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Northwest Africa 8510

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 8510
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8510
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	Eucrite
Recommended:			Eucrite [explanation]

This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 14 Sep 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8510 (NWA 8510)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2007

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

Petrography: The achondrite consists of a coarse-grained and a fine-grained basaltic lithology both dominated by exsolved Ca-rich pyroxene, low-Ca pyroxene, and calcic plagioclase. Minor phases include SiO₂ polymorphs, chromite and troilite.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs_58.4±0.3Wo_4.4±0.4(Fs_57.4-59Wo_3.7-5, n=26), FeO/MnO=29-33; Ca-pyroxene: Fs_26.7±0.6Wo_43±0.6(Fs_25.6-28.4Wo_41.6-44.1, n=30), FeO/MnO=29-37; calcic plagioclase: An_89.4±0.6(An_88.3-90.2, n=17)

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Ouarzazate, Morocco
Date:	P 2007
Mass (g):	8
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite
Shock stage:	moderate
Weathering grade:	low
Ferrosilite (mol%):	58.4; 26.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	4.4, 43
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	1.6
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Stefan Ralew
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

Coordinates:

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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