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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10735 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10735 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites classified as LL3-5. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Jul 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10735 (NWA 10735) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3-5) History: The meteorite was bought in 2016 from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: The meteorite is a chondritic breccia consisting of an LL3 host and LL5 clasts. Plagioclase grain size in LL5 clasts is about 40 μm. Geochemistry: Olivine and pyroxene in LL3 host are highly unequilibrated with Fa15.6±8.3 (Fa2.9-29.4, n=27) and Fs13.6±6.7Wo0.8±0.8 (Fs3.1-23.8Wo0.2-3.5, n=24). In LL5 clasts olivine and pyroxene are equilibrated at Fa29.7±0.4, n=15 and Fs24.3±0.4Wo2.6±0.3, n=14. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names) |