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Northwest Africa 10585
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10585
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10585
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 330 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 624 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 28 Jun 2016
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Northwest Africa 10585 (NWA 10585)

Morocco

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Petrography: Chondrules range in size with 700-1000 μm; many have igneous rims. Many chondrules have abundant metal-sulfide blebs in their interiors. Also present is limonite, formed by terrestrial weathering of metal. The apparent lack of magnetite suggests that the rock is a reduced CV3 chondrite. The meteorite contains ~35 vol.% matrix. Also present is a Fluffy Type A CAI that is 2.8 mm across. One AOA was observed; it is 480 μm long.

Classification: CV3-reduced.

Data from:
  MB105
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):330.0
Pieces:3
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):2.5±1.6 (n=19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.0±0.2 (n=13 )
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.9
Classifier:A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):29.7
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:G638; submitted by Sean Tutorow
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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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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