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Northwest Africa 12836
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12836
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12836
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 319 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  CK4-6
Recommended:  CK4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as CK4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Oct 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12836 (NWA 12836)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 May

Classification: CK4-6

History: Purchased by Beat Booz in May 2019 from a Moroccan dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of angular clasts and isolated equilibrated chondrules set within a finer grained stained matrix containing Cr-magnetite and pyrrhotite. Clasts are devoid of recognizable chondrules and are metamorphic-textured aggregates composed primarily of olivine, augite, intermediate plagioclase, Cr-magnetite, pentlandite and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Discrete chondrules: olivine (Fa32.5±0.7 (range Fa31.5-33.3), N = 7; one magnesian core Fa21.0), pigeonite (Fs21.2Wo11.2), subcalcic augite (Fs12.3Wo30.4). Type 6 clasts: olivine (Fa33.4±0.2 (range Fa33.2-33.6), N = 2), augite (Fs15.3Wo45.3), plagioclase (An69.3Or0.5).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4-6 breccia).

Specimens: 20.1 g including one polished thin section and one polished mount at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Booz.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2019 May
Mass (g):319
Pieces:10
Class:CK4-6
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):32.5±0.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.2; 12.3; 15.3
Wollastonite (mol%):11.2; 30.4; 45.3
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:B. Booz
Comments:Work name BB-86; submitted by A. Irving
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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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