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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10101 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10101 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  520 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 10101 (NWA 10101) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Sep 5 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Petrography: (A.E. Rubin, UCLA) Meteorite contains ~45% matrix, with an average chondrule diameter of ~800 μm. The largest CAI in the examined section is an elongate, fluffy type-A CAI, interwoven with fine-grained matrix: it measures 1.7 × 0.5 mm. Other, fine-grained, fluffy type-A CAIs in the section measure 900 × 250 μm & 200 × 150 μm. Several ~1 mm AOIs are present in the section, as well as many type I porphyritic chondrules with igneous rims. Many chondrules contain polysynthetically twinned low-Ca pyroxene, indicative of a type 3 chondrite. Chondrules are very sharply defined. The stone contains secondary magnetite. Some metal has been converted into oxides, but the matrix is not thoroughly stained. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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