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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10571 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10571 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 6.6 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 26 Mar 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10571 (NWA 10571) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was bought in 2016 from the Moroccan meteorite dealer Hamza Lharbi in Guelmim, Morocco. Petrography: The meteorite shows an almost black interior and is composed of about 0.1-0.3 mm sized chondrules, rare chondrule pseudomorphs, mineral fragments and few CAIs often surrounded by fine-grained accretionary rims set into an abundant fine-grained matrix. No type II chondrules were observed. Main matrix phases identified by high-resolution electron microbe analyses are phyllosilicates, carbonates, and pyrrhotite. The matrix is Fe-rich. FeNi metal is rare. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/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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