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Northwest Africa 11166
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11166
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11166
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 19.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  Eucrite-br
Recommended:  Eucrite-br    [explanation]

This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 9 Mar 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11166 (NWA 11166)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)

History: The meteorite was bought in 2016 from a Moroccan meteorite dealer at a mineral fair in Munich, Germany.

Physical characteristics: Small individual partly covered by fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia composed of fine- and coarse-grained basaltic clasts set into a clastic matrix. Exsolved pyroxene and calcic plagioclase are the most abundant minerals in all lithologies. In the clasts their grain sizes vary between about 30-400 µm. Exsolution lamellae in pyroxene are ~1 µm wide. Minor phases include silica, chromite, FeS, FeNi metal, ilmenite, and fayalite. No metallic Fe was found.

Geochemistry: pyroxene: Fs49.8±2.6Wo15.4±3.6 (Fs44.7-53.8Wo6.9-22.9, n=26, FeO/MnO=30-34); calcic plagioclase: An86.8±2.3 (An82.2-90.2, n=12)

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2016
Mass (g):19.1
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-br
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):49.8
Wollastonite (mol%):15.4
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):4.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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