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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11320 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11320 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 3 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 15 Aug 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11320 (NWA 11320) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Feb Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased in Morocco by Habib Naji in February 2017. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Ellipsoidal chondrules (mostly granular, but some BO and PO types; apparent diameter 800±500 μm, N = 12) and relatively abundant, elongate, irregularly shaped, fine-grained CAI occur in a relatively sparse matrix (~35 vol.%, orange in thin section). Chondrules and CAI exhibit some preferred orientation of their long axes. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.1-42.6, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.8-0.9Wo0.9-1.1, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs0.3Wo34.0; Fs0.7Wo41.6; N = 2), clinopyroxene in CAI (Fs49.6Wo49.4). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 21.79 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with H. Naji. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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