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Northwest Africa 10613 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10613 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10613 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Morocco Mass: 2.05 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 24 Apr 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10613 (NWA 10613) Morocco Purchased: 2013 Sept Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: Purchased by Ke Zuokai in Sept. 2013 from a Moroccan dealer who wants to be anonymous. Physical characteristics: An irregular stone without fusion crust. Petrography: The brecciated meteorite displays an overall basaltic texture of dominantly calcic plagioclase and exsolved pyroxene. Accessory minerals include spinel, chromite, ilmenite, and SiO2 polymorphs. Geochemistry: Low Ca pyroxene, Fs60.8±1.1Wo2.7±1.1 (Fs58.8-62.1Wo1.6-4.1, Fe/Mn=32.9±0.8, n=14); augite, Fs55.8±4.2Wo6.8±2.3 (Fs26.1-28.4Wo39.7-43.3, Fe/Mn=31.8±1.1, n=9); minor pigeonite, Fs24.7±1.1Wo42.2±1.2 (Fs52.8-58.8Wo5.2-8.4, Fe/Mn=32.8±0.9, n=2); plagioclase, An86.8±1.1Or0.4±0.1 (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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