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Northwest Africa 10285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10285 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10285 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 54.3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 4 Sep 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10285 (NWA 10285) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) 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) Well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter up to 2.1 mm) are set in a relatively coarse grained matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.7-24.9, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs21.2-21.5Wo1.6-1.5, N = 3), augite (Fs7.4-8.0Wo46.8-45.4, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Specimens: The entire specimen plus one polished thin section made from it are reposited at PSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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