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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11226 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11226 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Morocco Mass: 16.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Apr 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11226 (NWA 11226) Morocco Purchased: 2015 Sept 15 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: This meteorite was bought from Aziz and Rachid Adnane in Morocco during the HK jewellry exhibition, on 15 Sept 2015. Physical characteristics: total mass: 16.7 g (only 1 piece) having fusion crust light black surface Petrography: The meteorite consists of olivine, orthopyroxene, and feldspar, associated with comparatively minor amounts of clinopyroxene, Fe-Ni, diopside, troilite, chromite and phosphate. The sizes of mineral are almost ~200 μm. Most metal and sulfide are fresh. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Minerals are uniform. Olivine: Fa20.8±0.6 (n=11); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs19.6±6.7Wo1.0±1.0 (n=12). Classification: Ordinary chondrite, H4; S2; W1. Specimens: Two thin sections are deposited in GUT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012) SYSU: Sun Yat-Sen University No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510275, China (institutional address; updated 21 Apr 2017) |
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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 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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