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Northwest Africa 10282
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10282
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10282
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 110 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 Sep 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10282 (NWA 10282)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2005

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4/5)

History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005 and subsequently donated to the Planetary Studies Foundation.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Some well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter up to 1.9 mm) and relatively abundant stained metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.8-19.8, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs16.8-17.4Wo1.4-1.2, N = 3), augite (Fs6.4-8.1Wo46.2-44.0, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4/5).

Specimens: The entire specimen plus one polished thin section made from it are reposited at PSF.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Munich
Date:P 2005
Mass (g):110
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.8-19.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8-17.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4-1.2
Magnetic suscept.:5.1
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):110
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:PSF
Comments:CHC 15013; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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