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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11465 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11465 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  32 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 3 Nov 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11465 (NWA 11465) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) History: The meteorite was bought from a Moroccan meteorite dealer on the meteorite fair in Ensisheim, France. Physical characteristics: Black individual partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a brecciated CM chondrite consisting of small chondrules (average apparent size 230 μm), mineral fragments, rare CAIs, and their respective pseudomorphs set into a fine-grained matrix. CAIs are mostly spinel-pyroxene-rich types; chondrules and CAIs are often surrounded by dust rims. Matrix minerals are phyllosilicates (as indicated by low analytical totals), carbonates, pyrrhotite, and rare FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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