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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10015 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10015 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Morocco Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG. [show all] Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 27 Feb 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10015 (NWA 10015) Morocco Purchased: 2010 Classification: Pallasite (Main group) Physical characteristics: One 306.97 g piece with evident fusion crust. Petrography (N. Fowler-Gerace, ROM): The meteorite contains ~60% olivine (Fa13.4, N = 6). The grains are rounded to angular and range in size from ~3-15 mm. Geochemistry: Oxygen isotopes (Banerjee, Ali, Jabeen, UWO): laser fluorination of acid washed olivine grain separates gave average values of δ17O = 1.75; δ18O = 3.70; Δ17O = -0.160 per mil (N=3). Values plot with the main group pallasites. Classification: Pallasite, PMG Specimens: 20 g at ROM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Plots: | O isotopes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) UWO: University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, BGS 1026, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) |