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Northwest Africa 12519
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12519
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12519
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 57 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Diogenite-pm    [explanation]

This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-pm.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 12 Mar 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12519 (NWA 12519)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017 Feb

Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite, polymict)

History: Purchased by John Higgins in February 2017 from a dealer in Laayoune, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Breccia composed predominantly of angular mineral clasts derived from several diogenitic lithologies plus ~5 vol.% eucrite clasts in a finer grained matrix of related debris. Minerals are orthopyroxene (of at least two different compositions), olivine, anorthite, chromite, troilite, exsolved pigeonite, bytownitic plagioclase and silica polymorph.

Geochemistry: Diogenitic orthopyroxene (Fs20.9Wo1.8; Fs28.8Wo3.3; FeO/MnO = 25-29; N = 2), olivine (Fa45.7-53.5, FeO/MnO = 55-57, N = 2), anorthite (An93.7Or0.2), orthopyroxene host (Fs45.7-48.5Wo2.9-2.7; Fs63.3Wo4.8; FeO/MnO = 29-31; N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs20.0-20.4Wo42.7-43.3, FeO/MnO = 25-28, N = 2), plagioclase (An85.1Or0.9).

Classification: Diogenite (polymict breccia).

Specimens: 12.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Higgins.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Laayoune
Date:P 2017 Feb
Mass (g):57
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite-pm
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):45.7-53.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9; 28.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8; 3.3
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):12.6
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:J. Higgins
Comments:Work name JH18-5; submitted by A. Irving
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108, in preparation (2019)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6916 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 2027 unapproved names)

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