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Northwest Africa 10283 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10283 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10283 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 26.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3-6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10283 (NWA 10283) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3-6) History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005 and subsequently donated to PSF. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Distinct chondrules (apparent diameter up to 1.9 mm) are present, but also related type 5 and type 6 recrystallized clasts. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa4.1-31.0, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.04-0.06 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs4.6-20.6Wo0.5-0.8, N = 3), augite (Fs8.1-8.2Wo45.1-44.3, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3-6 breccia). 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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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