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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15601 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15601 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  103 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 602 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 7 Jan 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15601 (NWA 15601) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: October, 2022 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorite hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in October, 2022. Physical characteristics: Two dark brownish fragments partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The carbonaceous chondrite displays a fresh almost black interior and is composed of large chondrules (up to 4 mm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 3 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained matrix. Opaque phases are sulfides and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB112 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2023)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||