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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10776 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10776 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Morocco Mass:  12.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 603 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Aug 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10776 (NWA 10776) Morocco Purchased: 2002 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: The meteorite was bought in 2002 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France, from a Moroccan dealer. Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone. Cut surface reveals a gray interior with 500 μm to 1 mm dark clasts. Petrography: Magmatic rock with ophitic to subophitic texture, dominated by pyroxenes (some zoned, some exsolved) and plagioclase with typical grain size 250 μm. Accessory troilite, chromite, ilmenite, silica polymorph. Rare metal. The rock contains quenched and shock-darkened clasts to mm. Geochemistry: Pyroxene Fs46.7±4.7Wo6.2±1.1, FeO/MnO=35.3±1.7 (N=3). Plagioclase An69.0-89.1Ab28.6-10.6Or2.6-0.3 (N=2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg)=2.66. Classification: Achondrite (eucrite). Minimal weathering. Specimens: 3.2 g and a polished section at CEREGE. Main mass with N. Tourment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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