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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11270 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11270 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 16 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 16 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11270 (NWA 11270) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2006 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in 2006 from Greg Hupé, who had acquired the stone from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Relatively small, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 300 ± 200 μm) are set in a fine grained matrix containing altered metal and merrillite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.4-32.1, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples <0.02 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs2.6-16.6Wo0.4-2.8, N = 3), augite (Fs6.4-8.3Wo45.6-37.1, N = 2). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3). Specimens: 32.9 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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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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