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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11283 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11283 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 69 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as CK6. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11283 (NWA 11283) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Jan Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Guelmin, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Small black to dark grayish individual partly covered fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is largely composed of fine-grained recrystallized matrix mainly consisting of ferrous olivine. Chondrules are only rarely encountered. Minor phases include intermediate plagioclase, low-Ca pyroxene, Ca-pyroxene and troilite. Cr-rich magnetite is abundant, metal is virtually absent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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