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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10047 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10047 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 66.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Apr 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10047 (NWA 10047) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: January 2015 Classification: Ureilite History: Purchased in New York City from a Moroccan dealer. Physical characteristics: One piece with weathered fusion crust. A sawn surface shows a dark brown, poikilitic texture. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This is a diamond-bearing ureilite. The diamonds have elongate habits and aggregates are up to ~2 mm in length. Olivine and pigeonite grains have reduction-rim zoning profiles. There is fine-grained metal and oxidized metal throughout, especially mantling diamond. Accessory troilite is present. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Olivine Fa15.9±4.0, Fe/Mn=31±9, Cr2O3=0.53±0.11 (wt%), n=10; pigeonite Fs13.6±2.7Wo7.3±2.0, Fe/Mn=21±6, Cr2O3=1.03±0.07 (wt%), n=10. Classification: Ureilite, diamond bearing. Specimens: 15.1 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, DPitt holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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