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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13662 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13662 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Algeria Mass: 37 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 16 Jan 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 13662 (NWA 13662) Algeria Find: 2019 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased in 2020 by Shawn Kashay from Mostafa Hnini in Algeria. Later sold to Pat Brown. Physical characteristics: Single stone with dark-brown fusion crust. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Specimen is composed of abundant chondrules (1.0±0.1 mm)and CAIs (1.1±0.3 mm) set within a fine-grained matrix containing magnetite nodules (some contain up to 1.9 wt% Cr2O3) and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa8.8±12.8, range Fa0.7-64.6, n=41), Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs1.6±0.8Wo0.9±0.3, range Fs0.8-3.0Wo0.6-1.3, n=5). Classification: Carbonaceous Chondrite (CV3) Specimens: 7.5 g at UCLA; main mass with Pat Brown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 1336 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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