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Northwest Africa 10010
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10010
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10010
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 24.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  EL6
Recommended:  EL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 130 approved meteorites classified as EL6.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 11 Apr 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10010 (NWA 10010)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 11/2014

Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL6)

History: Purchased by Hanno Strufe from a local meteorite dealer in Rissani, Morocco.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a recrystallized texture of dominantly large, about 100-μm sized enstatite grains and abundant Fe,Ni metal. Less abundant phases are albitic feldspar, troilite, schreibersite and daubreelite. No relict chondrules were found; metal is heavily altered.

Geochemistry: Albitic feldspar: An16.2Or4.3Ab79.5; metal contains about 1 wt% Si.

Classification: Petrography and 1 wt% Si in metal suggests enstatite chondrite (EL6) classification

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Rissani, Morocco
Date:P 11/2014
Mass (g):24.2
Pieces:1
Class:EL6
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:high
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.6±0.2 (0.3-1.3, n=21)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.1 (1.3-1.6, n=21)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):5.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
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. 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 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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