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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2637 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2637 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 71.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 628 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 May 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 2637 (NWA 2637) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2004 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased by Adam Hupé in 2004 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Granular chondrules (apparent diameter 710 ± 510 µm, N = 18) plus sparse, amoeboid very fine grained CAI are set in a fine grained matrix (orange-brown in thin section). Andradite garnet was observed in one CAI. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.6-57.3, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.7-51.2Wo0.5-2.5, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs0.8Wo39.0). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 14.4 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with AHupé. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) AHupé: Adam C. Hupé, 2807 China Cove, Laughlin, NV 89029, United States; Website (private address; updated 29 Jun 2013) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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