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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |