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Northwest Africa 11536

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 11536
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11536
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 334 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 26 Dec 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11536 (NWA 11536)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

Physical characteristics: Dark brown stone. Cut surface reveals a dark-brown interior with small chondrules.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE) Small chondrules set in a fine-grained, iron-rich matrix. Chondrules 48 vol%, matrix 50 vol% (by point counting, N=127). Small CAI are present.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_21.1±13.0, PMD 57%, range 2.4-36.3, Cr₂O₃ 0.12±0.09 (N=13). Orthopyroxene Fs_4.5Wo_2.3(N=1).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB106
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Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2017
Mass (g):	333.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.27
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23.59
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K336; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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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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Domjan Svilkovic

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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