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Northwest Africa 11545

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 11545
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11545
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 372 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 481 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 11545 (NWA 11545)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

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

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE) Well-defined mm-sized chondrules (mostly type I) and CAIs set in a fine-grained iron-rich abundant matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_4.3±4.0, range 0.6-11.1, PMD 85% (N=8). Orthopyroxene Fs_2.4±1.7Wo_2.2±1.5(N=3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

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

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 2017
Mass (g):	372.4
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Weathering grade:	severe
Magnetic suscept.:	3.51
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22.45
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K355; 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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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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