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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10408 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10408 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 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 18 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10408 (NWA 10408) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Jul Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: Purportedly found in Mauritania and purchased by Darryl Pitt in July 2015 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fresh unbrecciated eucrite with intersertal texture composed of exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, Ti-Al-bearing chromite and troilite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs59.8-61.1Wo1.7-1.8, FeO/MnO = 34-35, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs23.8-24.7Wo44.9-44.5, FeO/MnO = 33-34, N = 3). Classification: Eucrite (unbrecciated). Specimens: 21.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; main mass with DPitt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address) |
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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) |