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Northwest Africa 10591
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10591
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10591
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 199.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 183 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
Comments: Approved 28 Jun 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10591 (NWA 10591)

Morocco

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2)

Petrography: The average chondrule size is ~900 μm; some chondrules have igneous rims. Some chondrules are rimmed by small metal blebs and limonite formed by terrestrial weathering of the metal. Some chondrules contain abundant devitrified glass. There are also metal spherules in the matrix up to 600 μm in size. Some chondrules contain internal metal spherules ranging in size from 50-250 μm. The meteorite contains ~45 vol.% matrix. Sulfide is very rare, <1 vol.%.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa1.7±1.0, n=23; low-Ca pyroxene Fs2.2±1.1Wo1.1±0.8, n=16.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):199.5
Pieces:7
Class:CR2
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):1.7 ± 1.0, n=23
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.2 ± 1.1, n=16
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1 ± 0.8
Classifier:A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):24.1
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:G662; submitted by Sean Tutorow
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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