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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10467 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10467 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 46 approved meteorites classified as L-melt rock. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Jan 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10467 (NWA 10467) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Jul Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L, melt rock) History: Found at the border of Algeria and Mauritania in June 2015 Physical characteristics: Single stone with an irregular exterior of weathered fusion crust. A sawn surface shows scattered oxidized iron blebs up to 3 mm set in a very fine-grained, dark green groundmass. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite consists of fine-grained olivine and pyroxene with ubiquitous interstitial feldspathic domains. Iron, iron oxide, and iron sulfide are segregated into large weathered spherules that are commonly surrounded by metal-rich networks. Relict chondrules are present. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Olivine Fa25.1±0.9, Fe/Mn=49±1, n=4; low-Ca pyroxene Fs19.3±0.8Wo2.5±0.8, Fe/Mn=31±2, n=4. Classification: L-melt rock. Specimens: 20.6 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, DPitt holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) 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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |