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Northwest Africa 8356
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8356
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8356
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 575 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

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 9 Mar 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 8356 (NWA 8356)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2014 Feb

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Purchased by Matthew Martin in February 2014 from a Moroccan dealer at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Granular chondrules and irregularly shaped, fine- to medium-grained CAI are set in a very fine-grained, brown matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.5-40.2, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.3-0.8Wo1.0-0.9, N = 3), diopside (Fs0.4-0.7Wo44.6-42.7).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

Specimens: 23 g including one polished thin section at UWB. The remaining material is held by Mr. M. Martin.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2014 Feb
Mass (g):575
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):0.5-40.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.3-0.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0-0.9
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:M. Martin
Comments:MM14-1; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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