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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8765 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8765 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 642 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 13 Feb 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 8765 (NWA 8765) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: The meteorite was bought 2014 at a mineral fair in Munich, Germany. Physical characteristics: The small dark brownish individual lacks any fusion crust. Petrography: It is composed of abundant well defined small chondrules (0.1 to 0.4 mm) and rare CAIs set into a fine-grained dark brownish matrix. Chondrules are highly unequilibrated and mostly of porphyritic types. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address) |
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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 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||