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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10706 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10706 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  305 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 20 Jun 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10706 (NWA 10706) Western Sahara Purchased: Jan 2016 Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: Purchased in January 2016; reportedly found in the valleys of Lemtareg, Western Sahara, November 2015. Physical characteristics: Single stone with fusion crust. A saw-cut surface shows scattered green, fragmental pyroxenes, some up to 4 mm, set in a fine grained, light colored, orange-brown groundmass. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This is a breccia with dominant fragmental pyroxene grains in a wide range of sizes (10-3000 μm). There is approximately 5-10% olivine present, grains range in size from approximately 20-200 μm. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and M. Spilde, UNM) Olivine Fa29.3±0.8, Fe/Mn=54±4, n=3; low-Ca pyroxene Fs24.3±0.2Wo2.7±0.2, Fe/Mn=30±1, n=7. Classification: Olivine-bearing diogenite Specimens: 20.24 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, DPitt 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) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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