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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 10832 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10832 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 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 22 Oct 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 105:
Northwest Africa 10832 (NWA 10832) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2014 Oct Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Purchased in Erfoud, Morocco by Said Haddany in October 2014. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Large, round to irregularly shaped, granular chondrules (apparent diameter 700±400 μm, some rimmed) and irregularly shaped, fine grained CAI (some containing Al-Ti-diopside and andradite garnet) are set in an orange-brown matrix (~30 vol.%) containing primary calcite, Cu-bearing pyrrhotite, taenite and rare Cr-magnetite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.3-50.0, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.5-1.0Wo1.0-1.2, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs0.8Wo31.6; Fs 0.5Wo40.0; N = 2), Al-Ti-diopside in CAI (Fs0.2Wo62.2, Al2O3 16.2 wt.%, TiO2 4.7 wt.%). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 210 g including one polished thin section at UWB; 1687 g with Mr. R. Falls; remainder with Mr. S. Haddany. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |