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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10673 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10673 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  308 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 74 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 15 Jun 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10673 (NWA 10673) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Pallasite History: The meteorite was bought in 2016 from Moroccan meteorite dealer, Youssef Ait El Caid. Petrography: The meteorite is composed of large up to 6 mm sized, rounded to subrounded olivine crystals mantled by partly altered Fe-Ni metal. Metal makes up approximately 40-50% of the sample. Ni-poor regions contain about 6 and Ni-rich regions up to 17.8 wt% Ni. Accessories include chromite and schreibersite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||