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Northwest Africa 10651

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10651
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10651
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 100.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	CK5
Recommended:			CK5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 224 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 May 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10651 (NWA 10651)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Jan

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

History: Purchased in January 2016 by Fabien Kuntz from Steve Arnold (Chicago), who had acquired the stone from a Moroccan source.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules (apparent diameter up to 1.6 mm) set in a recrystallized matrix containing abundant orange-stained Cr-rich magnetite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_34.7-35.6, FeO/MnO = 106-111, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs_8.3-8.7Wo_47.5-48.5, N = 3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5).

Specimens: 20.08 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Kuntz.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Chicago
Date:	P 2016 Jan
Mass (g):	100.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	CK5
Shock stage:	low
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	34.7-35.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	8.3-8.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	47.5-48.5
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.08
Type spec location:	PSF
Main mass:	F. Kuntz
Comments:	K292; 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)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Mike Markowitz
Wojciech Moscinski

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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