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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 8483 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8483 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 26 Jul 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 103:
Northwest Africa 8483 (NWA 8483) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Apr 30 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased in Erfoud, April 2013. Found in Western Sahara. Physical characteristics: Three crusted stones. Cut surface reveals abundant brownish chondrules up to 3 mm, and CAI up to 1 mm set in a dark matrix. Petrography: (C. Cournède and J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrules set in a fine-grained matrix. Chondrule:matrix ratio is about 60%:40%. Chondrule mean apparent size 0.78±0.58 mm (N=34). Geochemistry: Olivine Fa4.8±4.0 (PMD=70%, n=18, range 0.5-14.1). Orthopyroxene Fs1.2±0.2 (PMD=13%, n=6, range Fs1.0-2.3). Magnetic susceptibility log χ = 4.13 (χ in 10-9 m3/kg). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Strong weathering. Specimens: 12.4 g and a polished section in CEREGE. Main mass with P. Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB103 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |