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Northwest Africa 11081
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11081
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11081
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1417 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  Eucrite-unbr
Recommended:  Eucrite-unbr    [explanation]

This is 1 of 136 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2017
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Northwest Africa 11081 (NWA 11081)

Northwest Africa

Purchased: 2016

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated)

History: Purchased from Moroccan finder September 2016.

Physical characteristics: Single stone, weathered fusion crust, a saw cut reveals an unbrecciated, medium to fine-grained mix of plagioclase and pyroxene grains. One very thin (<1 mm) shock melt veinlet was observed.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows approximately 60% pyroxene and 40% plagioclase. Many of the pyroxene grains show exsolution lamellae.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and B. Ha, UNM) Low-Ca pyroxene Fs63.1±0.8Wo1.9±0.3, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=6; clinopyroxene Fs48.8±9.7Wo19.4±11.2, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=7; plagioclase An85.6±4.3, n=4.

Classification: Unbrecciated eucrite

Specimens: 20.9 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Aerolite Meteorites holds the main mass.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2016
Mass (g):1417.4
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-unbr
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):63.1±0.8, 48.8±9.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.3, 19.4±11.2
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):20.9
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Aerolite Meteorites
Comments:Submitted by C. Agee
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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