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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10958 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10958 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 1800 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as H4-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Dec 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10958 (NWA 10958) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 May Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4, melt breccia) History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in May 2016 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Breccia consisting of rounded chondrite clasts within a much finer grained, dark matrix containing blebby metal and sulfides. The clasts contain well-formed, relatively small chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix containing abundant stained metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa20.2-20.7, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs17.2-18.3Wo1.3-1.6, N = 3, clinopyroxene (Fs6.1-7.7Wo46.1-43.8, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4 melt breccia). Specimens: 106.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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