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Northwest Africa 10054
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10054
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10054
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 176.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Mar 2015
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2014
Mass (g):176.94
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):18.4±0.2 (n=19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.5 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.11
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:G518; Some low-Ca pyroxene grains exhibit polysynthetic twinning. Chondrules are well defined.; submitted by S. Tutorow
Institutions
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UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
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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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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