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Northwest Africa 15203
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15203
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15203
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 3.44 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 694 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 19 Aug 2022
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 15203 (NWA 15203)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021 Dec

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: Purchased by John Divelbiss in December 2021 from a dealer in Riverside, California, who had obtained the material from a Moroccan source.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU.) Relatively small, well-formed, somewhat unequilibrated chondrules containing devitrified glass are set in a relatively coarse grained matrix containing stained kamacite, taenite, chromite, troilite and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa20.6±3.2, PMD = 11.0%, range Fa16.2-27.4, N = 9), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs15.8±6.1Wo1.2±0.9, range Fs7.0-25.0Wo0.2-2.9, N = 7). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.24.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3).

Specimens: 29.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Divelbiss.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Riverside, CA
Date:P 2021 Dec
Mass (g):3442
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):20.6±3.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8±6.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:5.24
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU.\
Type spec mass (g):29.5
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:J. Divelbiss
Comments:Work name JD22-2; submitted by A. Irving
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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
BrownU: Brown University Providence, RI 02912, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Sep 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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