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Northwest Africa 15627
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15627
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15627
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 5.14 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 510 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 29 Jan 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 15627 (NWA 15627)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: July, 2022

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

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

Physical characteristics: Three light brownish fragments lacking fusion crust.

Petrography: Coarse-grained protogranular aggregate predominantly composed of up to 4 mm sized orthopyroxene and subordinate plagioclase grains . Minor phases include silica, troilite, chromite and FeNi metal. Cavities are sometimes filled with secondary calcite.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs27.7±0.2Wo3.8±0.3 (Fs27.4-28.0Wo3.1-4.1, FeO/MnO=26-28, n=10); calcic plagioclase: An93.0±1.6 (An88.9-95.8, n=10)

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Temara, Morocco
Date:P July, 2022
Mass (g):5140
Pieces:3
Class:Diogenite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):27.7
Wollastonite (mol%):3.8
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Said Yousfi
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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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