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Northwest Africa 10620

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10620
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10620
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 254 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	R4
Recommended:			R4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as R4. [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 30 Apr 2016

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10620 (NWA 10620)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Jan

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R4)

History: Purchased by Aras Jonikas in January 2016 from a Moroccan dealer.

Physical characteristics: A group of five identical stones with black fusion crusts and gray interiors (total weight 254.15 g).

Petrography: Very fresh specimen consisting of separated, well-formed chondrules (mostly with apparent diameter 0.2-1 mm, but one 2 mm; some with pentlandite-rich rims) in a finer matrix containing relatively abundant pentlandite. Other minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, Ti-bearing chromite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_39.4-39.6, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_29.9-30.7Wo_2.4-3.0, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs_11.0-11.1Wo_45.0-45.1, N = 2), plagioclase (An_9.0-13.7Or_4.1-3.4, N = 2).

Classification: R4 chondrite.

Specimens: 21.44 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. A. Jonikas.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2016 Jan
Mass (g):	254.15
Pieces:	5
Class:	R4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	39.4-39.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	29.9-30.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.4-3.0
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	21.44
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	A. Jonikas
Comments:	AJ16-1; 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)

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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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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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