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Northwest Africa 10979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10979 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10979 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 132 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Dec 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10979 (NWA 10979) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Jul Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in July 2016 from a dealer in Marrakech, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Monomict breccia composed of basaltic eucrite clasts (with intersertal texture) in a sparse matrix of related debris. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, troilite, Ni-free metal and minor barite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs56.6-57.1Wo1.8-2.1, FeO/MnO = 31-34, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs23.1-24.0Wo43.9-44.36, FeO/MnO = 28-30, N = 2), plagioclase (An81.2-85.2Or1.2-0.5, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia). Specimens: 20.1 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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