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Northwest Africa 10619
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10619
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10619
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 49.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L4/5
Recommended:  L4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Apr 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10619 (NWA 10619)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2005

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4/5)

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) Sparse well-formed chondrules occur in a stained, coarsely-recrystallized matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.8-24.9, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs2.1-20.6Wo0.5-1.4, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs8.2-8.8Wo44.2-42.3, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4/5).

Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Munich
Date:P 2005
Mass (g):49.8
Pieces:1
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.8-24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.1-20.6
Wollastonite (mol%):0.5-1.4
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):49.8
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:PSF
Comments:CHC16006; submitted by A. Irving
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)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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