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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10726 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10726 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  853 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 16 Jul 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10726 (NWA 10726) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Pallasite History: The meteorite was bought in 2016 from Mohamed Aid, Morocco. Petrography: The meteorite consists of large up to 1 cm sized angular to subrounded olivine crystals surrounded and crossed by a matrix of brownish iron oxides or hydroxides. Only few small patches of primary Fe-Ni metal were detected. One large schreibersite grain was found in the section studied. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||