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Northwest Africa 10509

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10509
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10509
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass: 660 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	Lunar (anorth)
Recommended:			Lunar (anorth) [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 27 Feb 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10509 (NWA 10509)

Morocco

Find: 2014 Aug

Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)

History: Purchased by Ke Zuokai in Dec. 2015 from a Moroccan dealer.

Physical characteristics: A single, irregularly shaped stone lacking fusion crust. Small white clasts are visible in a pale, finer-grained matrix.

Petrography: Fragments of plagioclase (100 μm to sub-mm) set in recrystallized matrix of fine-grained (~ 20 μm) olivine, pigeonite, and plagioclase. Olivine fragments are less abundant.

Geochemistry: Plagioclase (An_86.5-98.0Ab_3-13Or_0-1, average: An_94±4Ab_5±4) (n=8), olivine (Fa_22-41, FeO/MnO = 83-98), pigeonite (Fs_17-59Wo_3-22, FeO/MnO = 45-61).

Classification: Lunar, anorthositic breccia

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Beijing China
Date:	Dec. 2015
Mass (g):	660
Pieces:	1
Class:	Lunar (anorth)
Fayalite (mol%):	30.5±6.9 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	30.6±12.7 (n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):	14.1±12.0 (n=13)
Classifier:	Wu Y., PMO
Type spec mass (g):	20 g
Type spec location:	PMO
Main mass:	Ke Zuokai
Comments:	Submitted by Hsu W.

Institutions
and collections

PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011)

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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:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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