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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13244 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13244 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 350 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 28 Mar 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13244 (NWA 13244) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Mar Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased in Khatari, Morocco by Aziz Habibi in March 2016. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed PO and BO chondrules (apparent diameter 1070±610 µm, N = 24) plus irregularly shaped, very fine-grained CAI and mineral grains (mostly olivine) are set in a fine grained matrix (~30 vol.%, light gray-brown in thin section) containing sparse chlorapatite and stained grains of metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa27.2±16.6, range Fa0.3-47.5, N = 18), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs3.3±3.7Wo2.2±2.1, range Fs0.9-7.6Wo1.0-4.6, N = 3), augite (Fs1.0±0.6Wo42.8±5.4, range Fs0.7-1.5Wo46.6-39.0, N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 20.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. A. Habibi. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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