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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8208 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8208 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  120 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 22 Feb 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8208 (NWA 8208) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2012 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: The carbonaceous chondrite consists of up to 2 mm sized chondrules and abundant CAIs and olivine amoeboids set into an almost translucent black matrix; metal grains are very rare. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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