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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11267 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11267 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 119 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Jun 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11267 (NWA 11267) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Aug Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in August 2016 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Intersertal texture, with some localized variations in grainsize. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, maskelynite, silica polymorph, ilmenite, chromite, troilite and minor calcite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene host (Fs58.9-59.9Wo1.9-1.8, FeO/MnO = 33-35, N = 3), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs26.1-27.9Wo43.1-40.7, FeO/MnO = 30-33, N = 2), maskelynite (An84.2-84.3Or0.6, N = 2). Classification: Eucrite (unbrecciated, intersertal, highly shocked). Specimens: 12.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8559 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1896 unapproved names) |