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Northwest Africa 11032
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11032
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11032
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 222 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 674 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 7 Feb 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11032 (NWA 11032)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Jun

Classification: Ureilite

History: Purchased by Fabien Kuntz in June 2016 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular aggregate of predominantly olivine (~80 vol.%, with thin opaque rims) and pigeonite (~20 vol.%). Fe metal is present as blebs and along grain boundaries (partly altered to Fe hydroxides).

Geochemistry: Olivine (cores Fa17.1-17.4 Cr2O3 0.71-0.7 wt%; rim Fa8.0; N = 3), pigeonite (Fs14.5-14.7Wo6.4-6.3, N = 2).

Classification: Ureilite.

Specimens: 21.61 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P 2016 Jun
Mass (g):221.53
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):17.1-17.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.5-14.7
Wollastonite (mol%):6.4-6.3
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.61
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Comments:K310; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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