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Northwest Africa 7095
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7095
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7095
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 13 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 31 May 2012
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Northwest Africa 7095 (NWA 7095)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Petrography: The meteorite consists of very sharply defined chondrules, whitish CAIs, and irregular shaped olivine amoeboids embedded into a black matrix. Metal is only rarely encountered.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1623:
Place of purchase:St. Marie aux Mines, France
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):13
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):8.9 (0.3-76.8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.8 (1.0-5.0)
Classifier:A, Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):3.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:H. Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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