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Northwest Africa 10494 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10494 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10494 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 389 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 8 Jan 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10494 (NWA 10494) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Sep Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by John Higgins in September 2015 from a dealer in Laayoune, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, fairly closely-packed chondrules plus sparse mineral fragments are set in a finer matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.7-58.0, Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.07-0.11 wt.%, mean 0.09±0.02 wt.%, N = 8), orthopyroxene (Fs3.0-14.3Wo0.2-0.3, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs2.4Wo40.3; Fs22.0Wo37.7, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg)=3.63. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 23 g including one polished thin section at UWB; main mass with Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 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. 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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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