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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10502 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10502 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 353 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Feb 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup![]() |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10502 (NWA 10502) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 May Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by Pierre-Marie Pelé in May 2015 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, fairly closely packed chondrules (apparent diameter 1.3±0.8 mm) are set in a finer matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa2.1-38.3, Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.05-0.07 wt.%, mean 0.06±0.01 wt.%, N = 8), orthopyroxene (Fs3.2-24.3Wo0.4-2.1, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs16.5-16.7Wo30.4-33.8, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.02. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 26.28 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. P. Pelé. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7547 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1970 unapproved names) |