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Northwest Africa 3193 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 3193 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3193 Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: Morocco Mass: 95.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as CK4. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Sep 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 3193 (NWA 3193) Morocco Found: 2008 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4) Petrography: (A. Rubin, UCLA): The rock has a moderately coarse matrix (~10 μm-size grains) characteristic of CK4. It has a few percent porphyritic chondrules (350-1600 μm in diameter). Contains abundant magnetite and accessory sulfide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1163: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) JUtas: Jason Utas, United States (private address; updated 8 Jun 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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