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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10302 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10302 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 22 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10302 (NWA 10302) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Apr Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in April 2013 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Monomict breccia composed of basaltic eucrite clasts in a matrix of related debris. Minerals are calcic plagioclase, exsolved pigeonite, silica polymorph, ilmenite and troilite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs60.4-62.4Wo3.7-2.6, FeO/MnO = 30-31, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs26.4-26.5Wo44.2-44.0, FeO/MnO = 30, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia). Specimens: 20.1 g including one polished thin section at UWB; main mass with DPitt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |