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Northwest Africa 10150
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10150
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10150
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 425 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Jun 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10150 (NWA 10150)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2014 Sep

Classification: Primitive achondrite (Lodranite)

History: Purchased by Stefan Ralew in September 2014 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Matrix-poor breccia composed mainly of coarse mineral grains (up to 5.5 mm) of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, chromite, kamacite (altered to iron hydroxides) and troilite. Olivine contains numerous tiny inclusions composed of chromite+clinopyroxene.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa10.4-10.9, FeO/MnO = 21-23, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs9.1-9.4Wo1.1-3.2, FeO/MnO = 14-15, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs3.5-3.7Wo44.7-45.5, FeO/MnO = 7-10, N = 2).

Classification: Lodranite. Paired with NWA 10145.

Specimens: 20.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remainder is held by Ralew.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P 2014 Sep
Mass (g):425
Pieces:1
Class:Lodranite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):10.4-10.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.1-9.4; 3.5-3.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1-3.2; 44.7-45.5
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:S. Ralew
Comments:RA15-2-1; submitted by A. Irving
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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9370 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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