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Northwest Africa 10315
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10315
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10315
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 272 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 7 Oct 2015
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Northwest Africa 10315 (NWA 10315)

Morocco

Purchased: Feb 2015

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

Classification: The sample consists of about 60 vol% well-defined chondrule and chondrule fragments and inclusions (aggregates) and about 30-40 vol% of matrix and opaques. The sample has small chondrules and olivine and pyroxene are unequilibrated. All these observations are consistent with a CO3 classification. The olivines show undulatory extinction indicating shock stage S2. The sample is heavily weathered.

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Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P Feb 2015
Mass (g):272
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):33.4 (3.8-48.3, n=24)
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.6 (0.4-25.2, n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):3.1 (0.6-10.1, n=10)
Classifier:A. Bischoff and P. Markus, IfP
Type spec mass (g):29.3
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Sergey Vasiliev
Finder:Unknown
Comments:Submitted by Ebert S.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 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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Sergey Vasiliev   
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Ziyao Wang      
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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