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Northwest Africa 10099
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10099
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10099
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 3.8 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Apr 2015
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Northwest Africa 10099 (NWA 10099)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 July 20

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Petrography: (A.E. Rubin, UCLA) Meteorite is highly recrystallized, chondrules are very poorly defined. Many plagioclase grains exceed 50 μm in diameter. Average chondrule diameter is difficult to discern, but olivine and pyroxene are highly equilibrated and well within the L range.

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Place of purchase:Ouarzazate
Date:P 2013 July 20
Mass (g):3795
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):23.3±0.1 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.7±0.4 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.0±0.8 (n=10)
Classifier:A.E. Rubin and J. Utas, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):31.5
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Aid Mohamed
Finder:anonymous
Comments:[Aid8]; submitted by J. Utas
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)
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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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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