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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  (2023)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 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:
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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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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