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Northwest Africa 8089 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8089 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8089 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 13 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 633 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 8 Jan 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8089 (NWA 8089) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 July Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) Petrography: (A. Greshake, MNB) The small almost black stones are composed of small (about 0.3 mm in diameter) chondrules and rare CAIs set into a dark matrix of mainly phyllosilicates. Matrix dominates over chondrules, CAIs, and rare Fe,Ni-metal grains and most chondrules and CAIs are surrounded by fine-grained accretionary rims. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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