header
  MetSoc Home            Publications            Contacts  
Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 15 Apr 2024
Search for: Search type: Search limits: Display: Publication:
Names
Text help
Places
Classes
Years
Contains
Starts with
Exact
Sounds like
NonAntarctic
Falls  Non-NWAs
What's new
  in the last:
Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:
 
Northwest Africa 10174
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10174
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10174
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 649 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 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 1 Jun 2015
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10174 (NWA 10174)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in February 2015 from a dealer in Mauritania.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules. Weathering of primary metal grains has caused staining of silicates.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.4-25.6, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.9-21.1Wo1.4-1.7, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs7.6-12.4Wo45.6-41.6, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5).

Specimens: 24.2 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remainder is held by DPitt.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2015 Feb
Mass (g):649
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):25.4-25.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9-21.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4-1.7
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):24.2
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:DPitt
Comments:MAC 127; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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.

Direct link to this page