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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10317 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10317 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Morocco Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as Lunar. [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10317 (NWA 10317) Morocco Purchased: 6 Jul 2015 Classification: Lunar meteorite History: Histroy: The single individual of 11.0 g was found Morocco and purchased in Dakhla, Morocco, July 6, 2015. Petrography: (A. Bischoff and S. Ebert, IfP) Fine-grained breccia consisting of small mineral and lithic clasts of anorthositic rocks, impact melt rocks and breccias, granulitic lithologies, anorthite, olivine, pyroxenes, and opaques embedded in a fine-grained, well-lithified matrix. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Olivine (Fa34.1±2.3, range: Fa28.8-36.9; mean Fe/Mn =96, n = 10), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs28.2-69.2Wo3.8-19.5, mean Fe/Mn = 46.2, n = 5), Ca-pyroxene (Fs16.9-63.2Wo24.8-39.2, Fe/Mn = 57.4), plagioclase (An96.0±1.5; range: An92.8-97.3; n = 9) Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia) Specimens: 2.2 g including one polished thin section at IfP; main mass with S. Decker (Meteorite-Museum, 55430 Oberwesel, Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) |