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Northwest Africa 15009
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15009
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1327 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 520 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Aug 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 15009 (NWA 15009)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Nov 2021

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Grayish fragment largely covered with fresh fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a monomict breccia predominantly composed of up to 5 mm sized blocky orthopyroxene crystals set into fine-grained related matrix. Minor phases include plagioclase, silica, chromite, troilite, and metallic iron.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs26.9±0.4Wo3.6±0.3 (Fs26.4-27.5Wo3.3-4.1, FeO/MnO=27-32, n=7); calcic plagioclase: An91.2±1.1 (An90.1-93.6, n=7)

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P Nov 2021
Mass (g):1327
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.9
Wollastonite (mol%):3.6
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):29.7
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:David Göttlich
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., 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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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