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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10966 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10966 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Dec 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10966 (NWA 10966) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 May Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in May 2016 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Very fresh, unbrecciated specimen exhibiting intersertal texture with domains of varying grainsize plus fine-grained mesostasis. The major minerals are exsolved pigeonite and calcic plagioclase with accessory silica polymorph, ilmenite, troilite and rare zircon. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs61.9-63.4Wo1.9-1.8, FeO/MnO = 29-30, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs26.2-27.3Wo44.5-43.6, FeO/MnO = 30-32, N = 2), plagioclase (An90.5-91.2Or0.6-0.2, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (unbrecciated, intersertal). Specimens: 25.84 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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |