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Northwest Africa 11371

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 11371
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11371
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 148 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 604 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites

Comments:

Approved 13 Oct 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11371 (NWA 11371)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Feb 2001

Classification: Ureilite

History: Purchased in Rissani from a meteorite dealer (2001) by Bruno and Carine Fectay.

Petrography: Protogranular aggregate of olivine (75 vol%) and pigeonite (25 vol%). It contains interstitial metal. The rock is poor in C. Olivine displays very thin reduced rims (<10 μm).

Geochemistry: Olivine cores Fa_13.9±0.1, Fe/Mn=31.3±0.4, Cr₂O₃ 0.57±0.01 wt%, CaO=0.35±0.01 wt% (N=10), olivine rims Fa₆, Pigeonite Fs_12.9±0.2Wo_10.7±0.1(N=10)

Classification: ureilite

Specimens: 21 g including 3 polished thick section

Data from:
  MB106
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Place of purchase:	Rissani
Date:	P Feb 2001
Mass (g):	148
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ureilite
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	13.9±0.1 (N=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	12.9±0.2 (N=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):	10.7±0.1 (N=10)
Classifier:	J.-A. Barrat, IUEM, and A. Yamaguchi , NIPR
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	IUEM
Main mass:	La Mémoire de la Terre (Bruno and Carine Fectay)
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name LMT 206; submitted by Jean-Alix Barrat

Institutions
and collections

IUEM: Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, place Nicolas Copernic, F-29280 Plouzané Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 15 Sep 2017)
NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013)
Fectay: Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut, La Memoire de la Terre SARL, 39800 Aumont, France; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

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:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 8394 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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