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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8406 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8406 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 944 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 7 Jun 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 8406 (NWA 8406) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Feb Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased by Marc Jost in February 2013 from a dealer in Rissani, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Medium sized, granular chondrules together with some amoeboid, fine to medium grained CAIs in a brown matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.4-16.8; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine = 0.06-0.28 wt.%, mean 0.05±0.02 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs0.8-13.8Wo0.9-3.5, N = 3), diopside (Fs0.8-0.9Wo47.3-46.0). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 24 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remaining material is held by SJS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) SJS: Space Jewels Switzerland, 2555 Brügg, Switzerland (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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