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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10091 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10091 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Morocco Mass:  35.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 27 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10091 (NWA 10091) Morocco Purchased: Feb 2013 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Physical characteristics: The stone is roughly spherical, with many chondrules visible on its surface. The stone is heavily weathered, with abundant matrix clays. Petrography: (A.E. Rubin, UCLA) One fluffy type-A, fine-grained CAI fragment measuring 70 × 150 μm in the thin section. Average chondrule diameter ~800 μm, many with igneous rims. Matrix abundance is ~40%, indicative of CV chondrites. Heterogeneity of olivine indicates type 3. Most chondrules are type I porphyritic or barred olivine, characteristic of CV3. Some metal and sulfide is still preserved within chondrules. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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