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Northwest Africa 10411 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10411 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10411 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 318 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10411 (NWA 10411) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Classification: HED achondrite (Howardite) History: Purchased by John Higgins in August and September 2015 from Moroccan dealers. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fragmental breccia composed mostly of diogenite debris plus ~12 vol.% of eucrite clasts (with intersertal textures) and related debris. Minerals are orthopyroxene, chromite, exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, olivine, silica polymorph, chromite, ilmenite and troilite, plus rare zircon and Ni-free metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa43.1-44.1, FeO/MnO = 53-54, N = 2), diogenitic orthopyroxene (Fs22.1-24.4Wo2.1-2.4, FeO/MnO = 31, N = 3), orthopyroxene host (Fs52.4Wo3.5, FeO/MnO = 30), clinopyroxene exsolution lamella (Fs24.2Wo39.0, FeO/MnO = 26), orthopyroxene host (Fs40.6Wo3.1, FeO/MnO = 28), clinopyroxene exsolution lamella (Fs19.6Wo42.1, FeO/MnO =27). Classification: Howardite. Specimens: 26.9 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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