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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10813 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10813 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 32.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Sep 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10813 (NWA 10813) Northwest Africa Purchased: 2016 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: One stone weighing 32.1 g was found in Morocco in 2016. David Holden acquired the sample from a meteorite prospector in Erfoud 2016. Physical characteristics: The stone is brown in color and irregular-ovoid shaped. The stone has a weathered patina covering about 40% of its exterior. The interior of the stone is mottled light brown-brown in color and displays numerous chondrules, fragments and fresh flakes of metal. Petrography: Description and classification (A. Love, App): Sample displays well formed, distinct chondrules with an average diameter of 454 μm, within a crystalline matrix. Chondrule have turbid to devitirified mesostasis. Matrix materials are recrystallized but appear dark in some areas due to FeOH staining FeNi metal grains are abundant (~10 vol%). Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine Fa20.9±0.3, N=6; low Ca pyroxene Fs18.9±0.2Wo1.7±0.2, N=6. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5 S3 W2) Specimens: An endcut and one slice weighing 7.44 g, and a polished thin section are currently on deposit at App. David Holden has the remaining mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
App: Department of Geology, 572 Rivers St., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Mar 2013) |
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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