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Northwest Africa 10833
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10833
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10833
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 9 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [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
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10833 (NWA 10833)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2014 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4/5)

History: Purchased in Erfoud, Morocco by Said Haddany in October 2014.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse, relatively small chondrules (some well-formed) are set in a coarse-grained recrystallized matrix containing abundant stained metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.1-19.2, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs16.9-17.0Wo1.4-1.0, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs5.6-6.5Wo46.3-46.1, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4/5).

Specimens: 28.76 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Haddany.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2014 Oct
Mass (g):9000
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.1-19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.9-17.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4-1.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):28.76
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:S. Haddany
Comments:SH16-2; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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