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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11370 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11370 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 89 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 13 Oct 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11370 (NWA 11370) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Feb 2001 Classification: Ureilite History: Purchased in Rissani from a meteorite dealer (2001) by Bruno and Carine Fectay. Petrography: Protogranular aggregate of olivine and pigeonite. Olivine grains have reduced magnesian rims containing blebs of Fe metal. Grain boudaries are marked by carbonaceous material and trace amounts of troilite and metal (partly altered to terrestrial oxides). Geochemistry: Olivine cores Fa21.3±0.3, Fe/Mn=47.9±0.8, Cr2O3 0.72±0.01 wt%, CaO 0.38±0.01 wt% (N=10), pigeonite Fs18±0.2Wo8±0.1 (N=10). Classification: ureilite Specimens: 18 g including a polished thick section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
IUEM: Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, place Nicolas Copernic, F-29280 Plouzané Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 15 Sep 2017) Fectay: Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut, La Memoire de la Terre SARL, 39800 Aumont, 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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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