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Northwest Africa 10584
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10584
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10584
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 620 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Mar 2016
Data from:
  MB105
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):620.1
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):22.0 ± 1.7 (n=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5 ± 0.3 (n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3 ± 0.5
Classifier:A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):51.8
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:G614; breccia; Plagioclase grains ~15-20 um. Chondrules recrystallized, but readily delineated. The olivine peak is at Fa23-24.; submitted by Sean Tutorow
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 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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