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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7107 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7107 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 619 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 14 Mar 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 7107 (NWA 7107) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2010 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: Large chondrules and up to several mm-sized CAIs set in a fine-grained dominantly greenish matrix. Contains abundant metal and no magnetite. Chondrules and CAIs appear to be aligned. Olivine Fa31.7±12.7 (n=43),range: Fa0.72-40.6; low-Ca pyroxene Fs2.4±0.15Wo0.71±0.08 (n=2). Also present are Ni-rich metal, troilite, Ti- and Cr-bearing oxides, and diopside (Fs0.6Wo52) containing appreciable Al2O3. The meteorite is a CV3 chondrite of the reduced subgroup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1635: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) |