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Northwest Africa 10363

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10363
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10363
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 71.4 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 507 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 4 Oct 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10363 (NWA 10363)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Purchased by Fabien Kuntz in May 2015 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Closely packed, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 1.5 ± 1.1 mm) in a sparse fine-grained matrix containing altered metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_2.7-48.8, Cr₂O₃ in ferroan examples 0.01-0.03 wt.%, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs_2.4-15.1Wo_0.2-4.4, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs_6.3Wo_34.2), augite (Fs_6.8Wo_42.1). Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 3.59 (χ in 10-9 m3/kg).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3).

Specimens: 15.73 g including one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2015 May
Mass (g):	71.37
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	2.7-48.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2.4-15.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.2-4.4
Magnetic suscept.:	3.59
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	15.73
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	K270; 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)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Mike Markowitz

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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