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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15043 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15043 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 404 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as H4-an. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 5 Jul 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15043 (NWA 15043) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2022 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4, anomalous) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Algeria. Physical characteristics: Five dark brownish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with abundant partly flattened and partly packed chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.4 mm) in a dark brownish matrix with abundant metal and sulfides. Olivine is equilibrated; low-Ca-pyroxene is unequilibrated. Geochemistry: olivine: Fa13.7±0.3 (Fa13.2-14.0, n=15); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs14.1±3.8Wo0.8±0.7 (Fs9.1-27.4Wo0.2-1.6, n=26) Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4-anomalous). The anomalous designation is based on the exceptionally low Fa content of olivine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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