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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12523 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12523 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 171 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 32 approved meteorites classified as CVred3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 19 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 12523 (NWA 12523) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVred3) History: The meteorite was found in the Sahara and purchased in Agadir Petrography: Chondrite with mm-sized chondrules and CAIs set in abundant fine-grained matrix. Opaques are metal and sulfides. Chondrules show flatenning and preferential orientation. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa13.5±8.3, PMD 54%, range 0.9-27.0 (N=7). Orthopyroxene Fs1.7Wo1.3 (N=1) Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Reduced sub-group. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Labenne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012) |
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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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