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Northwest Africa 10437

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10437
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10437
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1019 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 14 Dec 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10437 (NWA 10437)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: April 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Purchased by team eegooblago (Brahim Tahiri, Dustin Dickens and Sean Tutorow) while on expedition in Northwest Africa and Western Sahara in April and May 2015.

Physical characteristics: Single stone, weathered exterior, saw cuts reveal many small chondrules and metal/sulfide grains set in reddish brown groundmass.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite has distinct chondrules and fine-grained plagioclase (<50 μm) throughout. Kamacite, taenite, and a phosphate phase observed.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Olivine Fa_19.6±0.2, Fe/Mn=39±2, n=7; low-Ca pyroxene Fs_17.4±0.1Wo_1.5±0.2, Fe/Mn=23±1, n=5.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Specimens: 21.06 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Northwest Africa
Date:	P April 2015
Mass (g):	1018.71
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19.6±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.4±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±0.2
Classifier:	C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):	21.06
Type spec location:	UNM
Main mass:	Sean Tutorow
Comments:	Field name G607; submitted by C. Agee, UNM

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)

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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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Photos:

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Ryan Upchurch

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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