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Northwest Africa 11012
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11012
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11012
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 4.54 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  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 3 Mar 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11012 (NWA 11012)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Sep

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Purchased by Darryl Pitt in September 2016 from a Moroccan dealer at the Denver Show.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Relatively closely-packed, well-formed large granular chondrules (some irregularly-shaped, some rimmed) plus sparse fine grained CAI are set in an abundant finer grained matrix (light brown in thin section).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa1.8-40, N = 4), orthopyroxene (Fs0.9-1.5Wo0.8-0.9, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs8.7-12.7Wo44.9-35.9, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.53.

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

Specimens: 22.2 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with DPitt.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Denver
Date:P 2016 Sep
Mass (g):4540
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):1.8-40.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.9-1.5
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8-0.9
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):22.2
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:D. Pitt
Comments:MVCH 117; 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)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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