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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10230 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10230 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 218 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 4 Sep 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10230 (NWA 10230) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Oct Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated) History: Purchased by Alexandre Debienne in October 2014 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fragmental breccia composed of mineral clasts and some lithic clasts with intersertal texture. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, Ti-bearing chromite, ilmenite and troilite Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs59.2-60.3Wo3.3-2.5, FeO/MnO = 31-33, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs27.0-27.1Wo42.0-42.5, FeO/MnO = 31-32, N = 3). Classification: Eucrite (breccia). Specimens: 5.66 g including one polished piece at PSF; main mass with Mr. A. Debienne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |