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Northwest Africa 15716
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15716
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15716
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 47.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2024)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 545 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 19 Mar 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 15716 (NWA 15716)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: November, 2022

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite)

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

Physical characteristics: Two dark grayish rocks with patches of black fusion crust.

Petrography: Achondrite showing a metamorphic texture dominated by up to 1 mm sized interlocking low-Ca pyroxene crystals. Minor pases are chromite, Cr-bearing troilite, troilite, and kamacite.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs24.0±0.1Wo2.6±0.1 (Fs23.8-24.1Wo2.5-2.7, FeO/MnO=26-30, n=10)

Data from:
  MB112
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Place of purchase:Ouarzazate, Morocco
Date:P November, 2022
Mass (g):47.4
Pieces:2
Class:Diogenite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.0
Wollastonite (mol%):2.6
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):9.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Fabien Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2024) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 1820–1823. ?
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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