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Northwest Africa 10093 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10093 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10093 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Algeria Mass: 26 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Apr 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10093 (NWA 10093) Algeria Purchased: Jul 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5) Physical characteristics: The oblong, round stone is entirely fusion-crusted and desert-varnished. Petrography: (A.E. Rubin, UCLA) Chondrules are recrystallized, but readily delineated, consistent with type 5. Plagioclase grains generally 15 μm or smaller, suggesting a petrographic grade lower than 6. No polysynthetically twinned low-Ca clinopyroxene, indicating not type 3-4. Average chondrule diameter is ~600 μm, characteristic of LL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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