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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15399 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15399 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 75.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 651 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 4 Dec 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15399 (NWA 15399) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2022 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Algeria. Physical characteristics: Two dark brownish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture and is predominantly composed of abundant chondrules of intermediate size (mean diameter about 300 µm), CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained dark brownish matrix. Opaque phases are magnetite and rare, partly altered metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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