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Northwest Africa 10794
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10794
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10794
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 440 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 388 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Aug 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10794 (NWA 10794)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2005

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4)

History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005 and subsequently donated to PSF.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, relatively large chondrules are set in a relatively coarse grained, recrystallized matrix containing stained metal and minor chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa28.7-28.9, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs23.0-23.7Wo1.6-1.3, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs13.7Wo35.0; Fs8.5Wo45.7, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4).

Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Munich
Date:P 2005
Mass (g):440
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):28.7-28.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.0-23.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6-1.3
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):440
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:PSF
Comments:CHC16010; submitted by A. Irving
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)
Catalogs:
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:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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