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Northwest Africa 4837
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4837
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4837
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 128 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

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 4 Jul 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 4837 (NWA 4837)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2006

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Purchased by Marcin Cimała in 2006 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU; T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU) Well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 980±340 µm, N = 23) and CAI (both very fine grained and relatively coarse grained) are set in a fine grained matrix (~50 vol.%, deep red-brown in thin section).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa15.3±17.3, range Fa2.3-45.7, N = 9), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs1.0±0.2Wo1.0±0.1, range Fs0.7-1.1Wo0.8-1.1, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs0.9Wo28.4), diopside (Fs1.1Wo37.8).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

Specimens: 20.2 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Mr. M. Cimała.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2006
Mass (g):128
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):15.3±17.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.0±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.1
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:M. Cimala
Comments:Work name MC029; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
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)
BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 4 Jan 2024)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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