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Northwest Africa 10195

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10195
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10195
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 3.53 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 5 Jun 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10195 (NWA 10195)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2013 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)

History: Purchased by Philip Mani in February 2013 from a Moroccan dealer at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed spherical chondrules (diameter 0.25-2.2 mm).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_24.2-24.6, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_20.3-20.5Wo_1.2-1.0, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs_10.7Wo_34.5), augite (Fs_7.9Wo_44.2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4).

Specimens: 29.15 g including one polished thin section at UWB; the remainder is held by Mr. P. Mani.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Tucson
Date:	P 2013 Feb
Mass (g):	3525
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2-24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.3-20.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2-1.0
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	29.15
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	P. Mani
Comments:	PCM15-I; 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)

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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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