|
Northwest Africa 10042 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10042 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10042 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Morocco Mass: 2.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 1 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10042 (NWA 10042) Morocco Find: Feb 2013 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Purchased from dealer Said Haddany from Erfoud, Morocco Physical characteristics: One piece of stone with a fresh fusion crust and broken faces. Petrography: The brecciated meteorite displays an overall basaltic texture of dominantly lath-shaped calcic plagioclase and exsolved pyroxene. Accessory minerals include chromite, and SiO2 polymorphs. Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs62.0±1.0Wo2.6±1.1, Fe/Mn=30±1, n=7; augite Fs26.5±0.5Wo44.9±0.2, Fe/Mn=29.8±0.8, n=4; plagioclase An84.0±5.5Ab14.6±4.3Or1.3±1.5, n=13. Classification: Eucrite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalogs: |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Also see: |
This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revision history: |
This lists important revisions made to data for this record.
|