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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10233 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10233 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [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 10233 (NWA 10233) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Aug Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: Purchased by Alexandre Debienne in August 2014 from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fresh, unbrecciated diabasic eucrite with subophitic texture. Larger grains of exsolved pigeonite partially enclose squat laths of calcic plagioclase. Accessory phases are ilmenite, Ti-rich chromite, troilite and Ni-free metal. Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs58.8-60.1Wo6.6-6.1, FeO/MnO = 24-27, N = 3), high-Ca pyroxene (Fs29.7-30.7Wo41.3-41.1, FeO/MnO = 25-29, N = 3).. Classification: Eucrite (unbrecciated, diabasic). Specimens: 20.25 g including one polished thin section 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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |