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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10545 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10545 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 19 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Feb 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10545 (NWA 10545) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005 and subsequently donated to PSF. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Recrystallized with rare chondrule remnants. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.3-25.4, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.6-20.9Wo1.8-1.9, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs8.6-9.9Wo43.8-44.2 N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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