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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10514 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10514 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Morocco Mass: 12 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Feb 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10514 (NWA 10514) Morocco Purchased: 2015 April Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: Purchased by team eegooblago (Brahim Tahiri, Dustin Dickens and Sean Tutorow) from a dealer in Morocco in April 2015. Physical characteristics: The stone is dark, brownish to redish in colour with impact melt visible around the clasts. Amorphous areas (~1 mm) are present in patches. Petrography: (S. Hutchinson, UWO) The rock is dominated by calcic plagioclase and low-Ca pyroxene with some silica polymorphs and oxides. Minerals are anhedral. Most pyroxenes show fine exsolution. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry (EMPA, UWO): pyroxene: Fs57.3±6.8Wo8.3±5.9 (Fs50.5-62.8Wo4.0-16.0, n=17, Fe/Mn=27.5-32.1); calcic plagioclase: An89.1±2.4 (An87.4-91.3, n=20). Classification: Eucrite, monomict breccia Specimens: 68.2 g including a thin section and polished mount at UWO. Sean Tutorow holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWO: University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, BGS 1026, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Jul 2015) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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