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Northwest Africa 10168
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10168
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10168
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 28 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 May 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10168 (NWA 10168)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Purchased by Steve Arnold from Morocco, 2015.

Physical characteristics: Three pieces that fit together. Weathered exterior, saw cuts show a very dark green-brown interior, some chondrules visible.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows numerous distinct chondrules, plagioclase grains up to ~10 μm.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Olivine Fa24.8±1.0, Fe/Mn=51±2, n=7; low-Ca pyroxene Fs22.3±1.2Wo1.0±0.1, Fe/Mn=31±3, n=6.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Specimens: 21.3 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Steve Arnold holds the main mass.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):28000
Pieces:3
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.8±1.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.3±1.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.1
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):21.3
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Steve Arnold
Comments:Fieldname SA-6; submitted by C. Agee
Institutions
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UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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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.

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