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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10451 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10451 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Morocco Mass: 17.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10451 (NWA 10451) Morocco Purchased: 2014 May 26 Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: The history of the sample is unknown. It was purchased from Abdeliah Alfiniss. Physical characteristics: The small sample is covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a diogenite monomict breccia composed of more than 95% orthopyroxene, with minor oliviine, clinopyroxene, plagicolase, and chromite. Crystals range from 1-5 mm and are surrounded by crushed and fractured grains. Miineral grains are homogenous and show no exsolution features. Classification: Diogenite Specimens: 5.5 g at SI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) UTenn: Planetary Geosciences Institute, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, United States (institutional address; updated 1 Nov 2011) |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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