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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11057 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11057 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 3.66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 321 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all] Search for other: Martian meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Feb 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11057 (NWA 11057) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Jun Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in June 2016 from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Medium-grained igneous assemblage of predominantly zoned clinopyroxene and maskelynite with accessory ilmenite (containing rare inclusions of baddeleyite and K-bearing glass), ulvöspinel, pyrrhotite, merrillite and chlorapatite. Zoned clinopyroxene consists of pigeonite and subcalcic augite with rims of ferropigeonite. Pockets and thin veinlets of shock-produced vesicular glass (deep brown in thin section) are present. Geochemistry: Pigeonite (Fs43.9-60.6Wo14.3-13.5, FeO/MnO = 27-35, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs22.4-43.8Wo35.8-30.7, FeO/MnO = 27-35, N = 5), ferropigeonite rims (Fs55.0Wo19.8; Fs72.3Wo14.5; FeO/MnO = 34-37), maskelynite (An46.0-56.3Or1.8-0.7, N = 2). Classification: Martian meteorite (shergottite, mafic, diabasic). Specimens: 20.4 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with DPitt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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