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Northwest Africa 10510 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10510 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10510 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Morocco Mass: 40 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 598 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 27 Feb 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10510 (NWA 10510) Morocco Purchased: 2015 Dec Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Purchased by Ke Zuokai in Dec. 2015 from a Moroccan dealer. Physical characteristics: One piece of stone with a cm-sized shock-induced melt vein. No fusion crust. Petrography: The brecciated meteorite displays an overall basaltic texture of dominantly lath-shaped calcic plagioclase and exsolved pyroxene. Accessory minerals include chromite, and SiO2 polymorphs. Geochemistry: Low Ca pyroxene (Fs35.8-59.7Wo2.4-4.8, Fe/Mn=31.9±1.0, 28.5-32.9) (n=5); augite (Fs15.1-24.6Wo25.5-43.7, Fe/Mn 28.5-32.3 (n=2); plagioclase An88.7±0.8Ab11±1 (An87.7-89.3, n=8). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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