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Northwest Africa 8340
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8340
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8340
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1500 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  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 13 Apr 2014
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Place of purchase:Ouarzazate
Date:P 2010 Oct
Mass (g):1500
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):2.4-49.4 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.5-54.3 (n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7-44.4 (n=9)
Classifier:Y. Wu, PMO
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:PMO
Main mass:Ke Zuokai
Comments:Consists of large FeO-poor chondrules, CAIs, and olivine amoeboids set in an almost opaque brownish to black-colored matrix.; submitted by W. Hsu, PMO
Institutions
   and collections		 PMO: Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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