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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: 133 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

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 1 Mar 2017

Writeup

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 (Fa_0.5-59.0, Cr₂O₃ in ferroan examples 0.01-0.06 wt.%, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs_2.1-11.9Wo_0.2-1.6, N = 3), augite (Fs_7.9-13.6Wo_38.3-41.5, 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
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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)

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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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