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Northwest Africa 12302
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12302
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12302
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 50 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 467 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 31 May 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 12302 (NWA 12302)

Morocco

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Adnane Sami during the China (Hunan) Mineral & Gem Show in Chenzhou City in May 2017.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Dark gray-yellow flat stone of 50 g without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well defined chondrules (0.3-1.8 mm, av. 1 mm) of various types (PO, POP, RP, BO, GO), chondrule fragments, and AOAs are set in dark brown opaque matrix (~15%).

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa18.4 (Fa0.2-36.5; Fe/Mn=54; Fe/Mg=0.25; n=15); pyroxene Fs9.4±6.7Wo0.6±0.5 (Fe/Mn=20; Fe/Mg=0.1; n=11); Ca pyroxene En32Fs5Wo63 (n=1); An74Or1 (n=1). Kamacite Ni=6.8, Co=1.7 (n=1); taenite Ni=36.9, Co=0,5 (n=2) (all wt%). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.43

Classification: carbonaceous chondrite (CV3, S2)

Specimens: 10.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 5.5 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB109
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Origin or pseudonym:desert
Place of purchase:Chenzhou, Hunan
Date:P 2017
Mass (g):50
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4 (0.2-36.5; n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.4±6.7 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.6±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:3.43
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):10.2
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Ziyao Wang
Finder:anonymous
Comments:working name WZ25; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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