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Northwest Africa 12268 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12268 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12268 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 743 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 628 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 11 Dec 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 12268 (NWA 12268) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Jun Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased by Craig Zlimen in June 2018 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed granular chondrules (apparent diameter 950 ± 450 µm, N = 22) plus amoeboid to irregular, fine grained CAI are set in a very fine grained matrix (~30 vol.%, black in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.8-53.0, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs0.7-2.4Wo1.0-1.2, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs1.0-1.7Wo37.9-38.3, N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 24.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. C. Zlimen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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