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Northwest Africa 10205
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10205
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10205
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 23 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 93 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 18 Jul 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10205 (NWA 10205)

(Northwest Aftica)

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Lodranite)

History: Purchased by Adam Aaronson in Morocco, 2015.

Physical characteristics: Weathered exterior; saw cut reveals dark brown crystals ~2 mm in diameter.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows numerous pyroxene grains some of which are up to 2000 μm, finer-grained (50-200 μm) olivines are also present. Numerous metal and iron oxide veinlets throughout. Kamacite and troilite detected, plagioclase is absent.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Olivine Fa10.8±0.2, Fe/Mn=24±0, n=6; low-Ca pyroxene Fs9.8±0.3Wo1.6±0.4, Fe/Mn=14±0, n=3; diopside Fs3.9±0.3Wo43.8±0.5, Fe/Mn=9±1, Cr2O3=1.16±0.09 (wt%), n=3.

Classification: Lodranite, not an acapulcoite, based on grain size and absence of plagioclase.

Specimens: 5 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM; Aaronson holds the main mass.

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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):23
Pieces:1
Class:Lodranite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):10.8±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.8±0.3, 3.9±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.4, 43.8±0.5
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):5
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Aaronson
Comments:M1811; submitted by C. Agee
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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