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Northwest Africa 10500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10500 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10500 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 271 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL4-5. [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 10500 (NWA 10500) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 May Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4-5) History: Purchased by Pierre-Marie Pelé in May 2015 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Matrix-poor breccia composed of equilibrated type 4 and type 5 clasts. Some well-formed chondrules have apparent diameter up to 1.9 mm. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa30.3-30.5, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs22.3-22.6Wo2.6-2.4, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs10.1-10.4Wo43.7-43.4, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.55. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4-5 breccia). Specimens: 26.43 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. P. Pelé. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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