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Northwest Africa 11543

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 11543
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11543
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 149 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 106	(2018)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 26 Dec 2017

Writeup

Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11543 (NWA 11543)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Physical characteristics: Dark stone. Cut surface reveals large well defined chondrules and CAIs set in a dark matrix.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE) Chondrules (average apparent diameter 1.4 mm, N=20), mostly of type I, and CAIs (to 800 μm) set in a fine-grained iron-rich matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_6.4±3.1, range Fa_2.8-11.3, PMD 45% (N=8). Orthopyroxene Fs_1.5±0.1Ws1.2±0.2 (N=2).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

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):	149.0
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Weathering grade:	high
Magnetic suscept.:	4.41
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	24.87
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K353; 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)

Catalogs:

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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Photos:

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Mike Markowitz

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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