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Northwest Africa 10147 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10147 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10147 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 4.17 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as LL4-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 30 Jun 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10147 (NWA 10147) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Jan Classification: LL4-melt breccia History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in January 2015 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Composed of clasts containing well-formed chondrules set within a much finer grained matrix containing abundant blebby metal and sulfide. Minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chlorapatite, chromite, kamacite, taenite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa27.4-27.7, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs22.6-22.7Wo1.3-1.2, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs7.5-8.8Wo45.2-45.0, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4 melt breccia). Specimens: 25.5 g including one polished slice at UWB. The remainder is held by DPitt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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