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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15360 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15360 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 480 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 270 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all] Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 4 Dec 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15360 (NWA 15360) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Classification: Mesosiderite History: Purchased by Jinji Li from a Moroccan dealer during the Hunan Mineral and Gem Show in Chenzhou City, China in 2021. Part of the specimen was subsequently acquired by Ziyao Wang. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of relatively small grains of orthopyroxene (with a range of compositions), anorthite and altered plus relict kamacite, together with large clasts (up to 1.2 cm across) of olivine (rimmed by intergrown orthoyroxene+merrillite+kamacite). Accessory primary phases include augite, medium-Ti chromite, troilite and merrillite. Secondary cross-cutting goethite veins and minor secondary calcite are present. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene (Fs22.2-35.8, FeO/MnO = 25-28, N = 6), anorthite (An91.8-94.7Or0.2-0.1, N = 4), olivine (Fa25.0-27.4, FeO/MnO = 40-42, N = 4), augite (Fs14.6-16.1Wo42.2-49.9, FeO/MnO = 20-22, N = 3). Classification: Mesosiderite (olivine-bearing). Specimens: 20.1 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Jinji Li and WangZ. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) WangZ: Ziyao Wang, Hebei GEO University North Campus, Huai An dong road 127, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province , China (private address; updated 25 Jun 2021) |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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