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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10163 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10163 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-cm. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 11 Jun 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10163 (NWA 10163) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 May 6 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, cumulate) History: Purchased in Rissani, May 6, 2014. Physical characteristics: Four full stones partially covered with fusion crust. Petrography: Coarse-grained igneous rock composed mostly of exsolved pyroxene and plagioclase with typical grain size 1 mm. Accessory chromite (to 100 μm), silica polymorph (to 200 μm), troilite, ilmenite. Rare metal. Geochemistry: Pyroxenes: low-ca pyroxene Fs46.4±2.1Wo4.5±2.9 (N=6), augite exsolution Fs19.2±0.3Wo43.3±0.2 (N=2), FeO/MnO=31.5±3.1 (N=8). Plagioclase An91.5±0.8Ab8.2±0.7Or0.4±0.1 (N=6). Chromite Cr#=0.79. Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 2.49 (χ in 10-9 m3/kg) Classification: Eucrite (cumulate). Minor weathering. Specimens: 15 g at CEREGE. Main mass with P. Thomas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018) |
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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 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |