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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10588 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10588 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Morocco Mass:  1148 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites classified as CK3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CK chondrites, CK3 chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 15 Jun 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10588 (NWA 10588) Morocco Purchased: 2015 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3) Petrography: The rock has a strong petrofabric; chondrules are significantly fractured. Many chondrules have igneous rims; the average chondrule diameter is ~900 μm. Broken amoeboid olivine inclusions are present. Also present is a CAI composed of olivine, diopside and anorthite that may be a melted AOI. Unlike typical CK chondrites, the matrix of the meteorite is opaque (as in CV3 chondrites); unlike most CV chondrites, the mean olivine Fa content is very high. The matrix constitutes 35-40 vol.% of the rock. Low-Ca pyroxene exhibits polysynthetic twinning. Olivine grains exhibit weak mosaic extinction. Limonite patches and veins are present. There are also small sulfide grains and a few magnetite grains 10-20 μm in size. Geochemistry: This rock seems to be intermediate between normal CV3 chondrites and typical CK4 chondrites. CK3 is the best classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/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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