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Northwest Africa 11074 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11074 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11074 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 229 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Feb 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11074 (NWA 11074) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Nov Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in November 2016 from a dealer in Mauritania. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fairly closely packed, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 450 ± 300 µm) are set in a fine grained matrix containing altered metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa2.2-82.6, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.07-0.52 wt.%, mean 0.18±0.17 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs1.1-33.8Wo0.7-1.7, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs4.0-32.4Wo37.4-37.9, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.61. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 20.1 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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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