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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11387 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11387 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 111 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 628 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 3 Aug 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11387 (NWA 11387) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was bought in 2017 from a meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark grayish individual without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite displays a grayish interior and is composed of up to 3 mm sized chondrules, whitish CAIs, and olivine amoeboids set into a fine-grained almost opaque matrix. Chondrules rarely show brownish staining due to terrestrial weathering; type II chondrules are 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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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