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Northwest Africa 10844
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10844
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10844
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 23.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Sep 2016
Data from:
  MB105
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2014
Mass (g):23.8
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.5 (20.0-31.2, N=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.4 (22.6-29.0, N=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3 (1.1-1.6, N=14)
Classifier:M. Zolensky and J. Johnson, NASA JSC
Type spec mass (g):23.1
Type spec location:SI
Main mass:SI
Comments:Remnant chondrules in a largely recrystallized rock, coarse plagioclase is present.; submitted by M. Zolensky and Jessica Johnson, NASA JSC
Institutions
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JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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