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Northwest Africa 10062
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10062
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10062
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 602 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  Eucrite-cm
Recommended:  Eucrite-cm    [explanation]

This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-cm.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Apr 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10062 (NWA 10062)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2014

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, cumulate)

History: Purchased by Steve Arnold from Youssef Ait El Caid in Morocco, 2014.

Physical characteristics: Several identical appearing pieces with weathered exterior. A saw cut shows white plagioclase (up to ~1 mm) and brown pyroxene (up to ~3 mm) set in a dark groundmass.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows approximately ~60% pyroxene, ~30% plagioclase, ~5% olivine present. Accessory phases observed are troilite, chromite, ilmenite, and silica.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Olivine Fa64.5±0.6, Fe/Mn=46±1, n=5; low Ca pyroxene Fs51.2±3.3Wo2.4±0.4, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=9; augite Fs21.7±3.1Wo43.6±1.9, Fe/Mn=29±1, n=5, plagioclase An90.5±3.5Ab8.5±2.2Or1.0±1.4, n=7.

Classification: Olivine-bearing cumulate eucrite

Specimens: 20.1 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Steve Arnold holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB104
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2014
Mass (g):602
Pieces:Several
Class:Eucrite-cm
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):64.5±0.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):51.2±3.3, 21.7±3.1
Wollastonite (mol%):2.4±0.4, 43.6±1.9
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Steve Arnold
Comments:Fieldname YA-1; submitted by C. Agee
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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