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Northwest Africa 15205 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15205 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15205 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 132 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 19 Aug 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15205 (NWA 15205) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Jul Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Purchased by John Divelbiss in July 2021 from a dealer in Australia, who had obtained the material from a Moroccan source. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Sparse equilibrated chondrules (some containing devitrified glass) are set in a relatively coarse grained matrix containing sodic plagioclase, stained kamacite, chromite, troilite and merrillite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.2±0.4, range Fa18.7-20.0, N = 13), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs16.8±0.2Wo1.2±0.4, range Fs16.6-17.1Wo0.8-1.5, N = 7). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Specimens: 22.0 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Divelbiss. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 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) BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024) |
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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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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