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Northwest Africa 10052
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10052
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10052
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 44.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 185 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Comments: Approved 16 Apr 2015
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Northwest Africa 10052 (NWA 10052)

Morocco

Purchased: 2014

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2)

Petrography: Chondrules average ~800 μm in diameter, consistent with CR. There are no large amoeboid olivine inclusions present. There are many large metal grains, consistent with CR. The matrix modal abundance is ~35 vol.%. Low-Ca pyroxene grains typically exhibit polysynthetic twinning. The mean Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine grains (n=16) is 0.54±0.16 wt.%. Kamacite contains 92.8% Fe, 5.7% Ni, 0.29% Co, 0.13% P, 0.19% Cr.

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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2014
Mass (g):44.41
Pieces:1
Class:CR2
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:medium
Fayalite (mol%):2.4±1.2 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):4.1±2.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.5 (n=15)
Classifier:A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):9.11
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:G516;; submitted by S. Tutorow
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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)
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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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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