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Northwest Africa 10359
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10359
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10359
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 133 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 507 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 1 Mar 2017
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 10359 (NWA 10359)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Purchased by Fabien Kuntz in May 2015 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Closely-packed, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 1.3±0.9 mm, one 2.7 mm) in a sparse fine-grained matrix containing altered metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.5-59.0, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.01-0.06 wt.%, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs2.1-11.9Wo0.2-1.6, N = 3), augite (Fs7.9-13.6Wo38.3-41.5, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.15.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group designation based on magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: 20.03 g including one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2015 May
Mass (g):133.02
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):0.5-59.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.1-11.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.2-1.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.15
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.03
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:Kuntz
Comments:K269; 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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