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Northwest Africa 10218
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10218
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10218
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 426 g
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 28 Jun 2015
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Tucson Show
Date:Unknown
Mass (g):426.2
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.9±0.5 (n=26)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.3±4.1
Wollastonite (mol%):0.92±0.84 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Rubin, J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.58
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:A few low-Ca px grains exhibit polysynthetic twinning. Chondrules are well defined.; submitted by Sean Tutorow
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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