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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10478 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10478 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 60 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 393 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 8 Jan 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10478 (NWA 10478) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4) History: The meteorite was purchased from the Moroccan meteorite dealer Adam Ait-hiba at the mineral fair in Munich, Germany. Petrography: The meteorite displays a well defined chondritic texture of chondrules belonging to various petrological types about 0.9 mm in diameter set into a fine-grained matrix of chondrule and mineral fragments and FeNi metal. Olivine is compositionally equilibrated, pyroxene still unequilibrated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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