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Northwest Africa 10959

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10959
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10959
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 346 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

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 17 Dec 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10959 (NWA 10959)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Jun

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in June 2016 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Ellipsoidal, mostly granular chondrules (apparent diameter 500±300 μm) plus irregularly shaped CAI are set in a black matrix (~30 vol.%). The long axes of chondrules show some preferred orientation.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_0.2-31.6, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs_1.1-3.2Wo_0.6-1.1, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs_1.2-3.0Wo_42.1-46.5, N = 2).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

Specimens: 22.71 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Ouarzazate
Date:	P 2016 Jun
Mass (g):	346
Pieces:	3
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	0.2-31.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.1-3.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.6-1.1
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	22.71
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	B. Hoefnagels
Comments:	BH026; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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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:

Coordinates:

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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