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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15106 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15106 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 310 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as CVox3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: |
Approved 19 Aug 2022 Revised 27 Mar 2024: Revised class based on metbull text | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15106 (NWA 15106) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2022 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Algeria. Physical characteristics: Grayish fragment with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite displays a grayish to slightly greenish interior and is a carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (up to 3 mm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 4 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained grayish matrix. Opaque phases are Ni-rich sulfides, trolite, and rare metal. Geochemistry: Ni in sulfides 17.2±1.8 wt%, N=7 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3). Oxidized subgroup based on high concentrations of Ni in sulfide (Gattacceca et al., 2020). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revision history: |
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