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Northwest Africa 10759

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10759
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10759
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 458 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	LL5
Recommended:			LL5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 7 Jul 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10759 (NWA 10759)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015 Sep

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5)

History: Purchased by John Higgins in September 2015 from a dealer in Laayoune, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Largely recrystallized with sparse chondrules and chondrule remnants plus stained metal grains.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_30.2-30.5, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_23.3-24.4Wo_1.8-1.7, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs_10.2-11.5Wo_43.5-43.0, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5).

Specimens: 23.9 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Higgins.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Laayoune
Date:	P 2015 Sep
Mass (g):	458
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	30.2-30.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.3-24.4
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8-1.7
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	23.9
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	J. Higgins
Comments:	JH15-9; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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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:

Coordinates:

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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