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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10752 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10752 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 1 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 10752 (NWA 10752) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Feb Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: Purchased by Dr. David Gregory in February 2015 from a Moroccan dealer at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Coarse grained aggregate of predominantly orthopyroxene (exhibiting undulose extinction and recrystallized cataclastic zones) with accessory olivine and chromite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs23.3-23.7Wo1.4-1.5, FeO/MnO = 23-25, N = 3), olivine (Fa27.8-27.9, FeO/MnO = 41-42, N = 3). Oxygen isotopes (K. Ziegler, UNM): analysis of acid-washed subsamples by laser fluorination gave, respectively, δ17O 1.361, 1.279, 1.540; δ18O 3.159, 3.006, 3.449; Δ17O -0.307, -0.308, -0.281 per mil. Classification: Diogenite. Specimens: 14 g plus one polished thin section at ROM; remainder with DGregory. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Plots: | O isotopes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) DGregory: David Gregory, 230 First Avenue, Suite 108, St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 4P5, Canada (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 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names) |