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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10698 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10698 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 735 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Jul 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10698 (NWA 10698) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005 and subsequently donated to the PSF. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse spherical chondrules (up to 3 mm in diameter) and relict partial chondrules are set in a recrystallized, relatively metal-rich matrix Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.6-19.7, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs17.0-17.2Wo1.2-1.4, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs5.6-7.7Wo45.7-37.8, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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