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Northwest Africa 10009
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10009
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 17 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  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 11 Apr 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10009 (NWA 10009)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Nov 2014

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Purchased by Hanno Strufe from a local meteorite dealer in Agadir, Morocco.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a dark-grayish interior and is composed of large, up to 1 mm, chondrules, olivine amoeboids and CAIs in a fine-grained, almost opaque matrix; chondrules frequently show brownish staining due to terrestrial weathering. No type II chondrules were observed.

Geochemistry: Individual matrix olivines have up to Fa69.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Agadir, Morocco
Date:P Nov 2014
Mass (g):17
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:medium
Weathering grade:medium
Fayalite (mol%):9.4±9.4 (0.2-39.6, n=37)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.5±0.5 (0.9-2.6, n=30)
Wollastonite (mol%):1±0.1 (0.8-1.1, n=30)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):4.0
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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