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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11123 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11123 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 105 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 10 Apr 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11123 (NWA 11123) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Apr Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased by Roger Jones in April 2016 from a dealer in Guelmim, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed granular chondrules (some rimmed, apparent diameter 450±300 µm) and fine grained, amoeboid CAI are set in a very fine grained, oxidized matrix (orange in thin section) containing some veinlets of calcite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.3-47.0, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.7-0.80Wo0.8-4.2, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs0.6-1.4Wo36.9-36.24, N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 23.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. R. Jones. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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