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Northwest Africa 10375
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10375
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10375
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 30 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Martian (shergottite)
Recommended:  Martian (shergottite)    [explanation]

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Comments: Approved 1 Nov 2015
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Northwest Africa 10375 (NWA 10375)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: The meteorite was purchased from the meteorite dealer Med Lamine Ahmed.

Physical characteristics: Four small greenish individuals lacking any fusion crust were recovered from the northwestern Sahara.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a coarse-grained basaltic texture and is dominantly composed of blocky up to 1.5 mm sized clinopyroxene and plagioclase grains. Pyroxene shows complex patchy zoning, fine exsolution lamella and strong mosaicism. Often chromite inclusions are found enclosed in pyroxene. Plagioclase is intermediate in composition and converted into maskelynite due to strong shock metamorphism. Minor phases include ilmenite, ulvöspinel, and merrillite.

Geochemistry: Pyroxene: Fs40.1±14.1Wo21.7±8.6 (Fs20.5-62Wo12.4-34.5, n=36, FeO/MnO=24-38); feldspar: An50.1±3.6Ab47.2±1.4 (An40-53.6Ab44.2-50, n=23)

Classification: Martian, basaltic shergottite

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):30
Pieces:4
Class:Martian (shergottite)
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W1
Ferrosilite (mol%):40.1
Wollastonite (mol%):21.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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