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Northwest Africa 15748
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15748
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15748
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 403 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2024)  CK3
Recommended:  CK3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as CK3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CK chondrites, CK3 chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Feb 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 15748 (NWA 15748)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2022 Oct

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3)

Physical characteristics: A single stone without fusion crust

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with large chondrule set in an abundant matrix. Opaque minerals: abundant magnetite, rare sulfides, no metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa23.2±12.6, rage Fa7.5-38.9, NiO 0.33±0.16 (n=9). Pyroxene Fs1.6Wo4.6, Fs1.8Wo35.3. Magnetite Cr2O3 2.46±0.14 wt% (n=3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Agadir, Morocco
Date:P 2022 Oct
Mass (g):403
Pieces:1
Class:CK3
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):23.2±12.6 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.6 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):4.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.36
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):25.61
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K565; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2024) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 1820–1823. ?
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Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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