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Northwest Africa 15110
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15110
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15110
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 41 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 643 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Jul 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 15110 (NWA 15110)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2022

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania in May, 2022.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish to reddish fragment without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a brownish to reddish interior and is predominantly composed of abundant small chondrules, CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained matrix. Chondrules have a mean diameter of about 170 µm. Opaque phases are metal and troilite often altered to iron oxides and hydroxides.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P 2022
Mass (g):41
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:high
Fayalite (mol%):22.1±13.6 (0.8-36.8, n=21)
Ferrosilite (mol%):4.0±2.8 (1.8-11.4, n=15)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.8 (0.9-3.3, n=15)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):10.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Salamu Ali
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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