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Northwest Africa 15230
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15230
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15230
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 330 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 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 5 Sep 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 15230 (NWA 15230)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: May 2022

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

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

Physical characteristics: Ten light brownish fragments without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a light brownish 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 160 µm. Opaque phases are metal and troilite partly altered to iron oxides and hydroxides.

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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P May 2022
Mass (g):330
Pieces:10
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):21.1±20.1 (0.5-57.8, n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.0±1.4 (0.5-5.5, n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.3 (0.9-2.0, n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
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.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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