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Northwest Africa 10589
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10589
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10589
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 624 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  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 28 Jun 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 10589 (NWA 10589)

Morocco

Purchased: 2015

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Petrography: Chondrules range from 300-1700 μm in diameter and have an average diameter of ~850 μm; many chondrules have igneous rims. Also present are a few mm-sized amoeboid olivine inclusions and a few small CAIs, 300-700 μm in size. The rock contains ~40 vol.% matrix. Opaque phases include sulfide, magnetite and only rare grains of metallic Fe-Ni. This suggests that the rock is an oxidized CV3 chondrite.

Classification: CV3-oxidized

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):624.0
Pieces:6
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):4.2±2.6 (n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1±0.2 (n=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.6
Classifier:A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):30.6
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:G655; submitted by Sean Tutorow
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1929 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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