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Northwest Africa 10215
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10215
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10215
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 402 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  R4
Recommended:  R4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as R4.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Oct 2015
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Northwest Africa 10215 (NWA 10215)

Morocco

Purchased: February 2015

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R4)

Petrography: The chondrules average 400 μm in diameter, characteristic of R chondrites. There is ~30 vol.% matrix, near the middle of the R-chondrite range. The chondrules are well defined, consistent with type 4.

Geochemistry: The olivine (Fa38.3±1.3, n=18) shows that it is a mostly equilibrated R chondrite. It has little low-Ca pyroxene, Fs13.7±0.9Wo0.30±0.01 (n=2). There is also some Ca-pyx, Fs11.2±0.9 Wo44.0±1.0 (n=4).

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tucson Show
Date:P February 2015
Mass (g):402.2
Pieces:1
Class:R4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):38.3±1.3 (n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.7±0.9 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.30±0.01 (n=2)
Classifier:A. Rubin, J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.35g
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by Sean Tutorow
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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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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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