Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3003

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Northwest Africa 3003

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 351 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	CO3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 623 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 88:

Northwest Africa 3003

Morocco

Found 2002

Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

A single compact roundish brown stone of 351 g lacking fusion crust was found by Moroccan nomads and sold in Morocco. Mineralogy and classification (J. Schlüter, Hamburg): Abundant small well defined chondrules in the 150–200 μm range, olivine aggregates, abundant troilite, rare metal grains, few small fine-grained calcium-aluminium inclusions. Mean olivine, Fa_20.78 (range Fa_0.49-50.44). Weathering grade: W2, shock stage: S2. Oxygen isotopes (U. Wiechert, ETH): δ¹⁷O= -4.58, δ¹⁸O= -0.73, Δ¹⁷O= -4.19‰. Specimens: type specimen, 20 g Ham, the main mass Horst Burkard, Bonn.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 181:

Date:	2002
Mass (g):	351
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Shock stage:	S2

Plots:

O isotopes:

Institutions
and collections

ETH: Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland (institutional address; updated 15 Sep 2017)
Burkard: Horst Burkard, Bonn, Germany (private address)
Ham: Mineralogisches Museum, Universität of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Feb 2013)
Horst: Burkard Horst, Germany (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Franco Vignato

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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