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Northwest Africa 10481
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10481
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10481
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 167 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 840 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 8 Jan 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10481 (NWA 10481)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a Moroccan meteorite dealer at the mineral fair in Munich, Germany.

Petrography: The meteorite is a chondritic breccia composed of lithic clasts separated from each other by abundant melt veins. The clasts consist of sharply defined chondrules (about 0.7 mm in diameter) set into a greyish matrix of chondrule fragments, individual mineral grains and FeNi metal.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):167
Pieces:2
Class:L3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.7±9.7 (3.2-38.1, n=38)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.9±6.8 (1.4-29.9, n=21)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.3 (0.3-1.5, n=21)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23.0
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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