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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11049 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11049 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 455 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Feb 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11049 (NWA 11049) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2006 Jun Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: Purchased from a moroccan dealer at the mineral fair in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Monomict breccia consisting of polycristalline and monocrystalline pyroxene fragments up to several millimeters in size set in a fine-grained clastic matrix of related debris. Accessories are a silica polymorph, chromite, troilite, and (partly oxydized) Ni-poor metal. Geochemistry: Compositions of randomly chosen pyroxene grains Fs25.9±0.4Wo3.3±0.6 (Fs25-27Wo2-4, n=16). Chromium spinel (n=1): Atomic Cr/(Cr+Al)=0.78; Mg/(Mg+Fe)=0.16; TiO2=0.7 wt% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names) |