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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 16594 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 16594 Observed fall: No Year found: 2023 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  724 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 481 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 4 Apr 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 113:
Northwest Africa 16594 (NWA 16594) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2023 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Western Sahara. Physical characteristics: Many brownish fragments with some fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (up to 2.5 mm sized), whitish CAIs (up to 2 mm sized), and amoeboid olivine aggregates all set into a fine-grained dark brownish matrix. Some chondrules show brownish staining due to terrestrial alteration. Opaque phases are partly altered magnetite and troilite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB113 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. 113, in preparation (2024)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||