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Northwest Africa 10806 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10806 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10806 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 30 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 236 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 30 Sep 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10806 (NWA 10806) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 May Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated) History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco by Adam Aaronson in May 2016. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Breccia composed of sparse lithic eucrite clasts (mostly with microgabbroic texture but also some with finer subophitic texture) plus related crystalline debris in a finer grained matrix. All pyroxene (finely exsolved pigeonite) is pale clove-brown in thin section. Other minerals are calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, troilite and Ni-fee metal. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs60.1-60.3Wo2.9-2.7, FeO/MnO = 31, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs29.7-32.2Wo38.0-40.2, FeO/MnO = 31-33, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (genomict breccia). Specimens: 6.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Aaronson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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