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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10610 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10610 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 34.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 215 approved meteorites classified as CK5. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Apr 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10610 (NWA 10610) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5) History: Purchased by Gary in from Morocco, 2015. Physical characteristics: Single stone with fusion crust. Saw cut surfaces reveal scattered, clearly defined, millimeter-sized, dark-colored chondrules, and a few faint CAIs, set in dark green-brown matrix. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite has distinct, equilibrated, olivine-rich chondrules. The recrystallized matrix consists mainly of olivine and lesser amounts of augite; trace low-Ca pyroxene. The mean diameter of plagioclase grains (~25 μm) indicates type 5. Olivine is nickel-rich and magnetite is present throughout. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and M. Spilde, UNM) Olivine Fa33.2±0.3, Fe/Mn=127±11, NiO=0.53 wt%, n=11; augite Fs10.8±2.2Wo47.0±1.1, Fe/Mn=84±29, n=9; low-Ca pyroxene Fs27.2±0.0Wo2.3±2.0, Fe/Mn=73±1, n=2. Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5) Specimens: 7.03 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Gary Fujihara holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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