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Northwest Africa 11079
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11079
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11079
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 467 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 565 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 17 Feb 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11079 (NWA 11079)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Sep

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Purchased by Bob Falls in September 2016 from a Moroccan dealer at the Denver Show.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Granular chondrules (apparent diameter 700±500 μm; some spherical, some with concentric rims, some more irregular in shape) plus abundant irregularly-shaped, fine grained CAI and sparse aggregates of fine grained olivine+pentlandite are set in a deep brown matrix (~35 vol.%). Minerals identified in CAI include hedenbergite, pleonaste, perovskite, sodalite, Ca-K-bearing nepheline, awaruite, troilite and rare ilmenite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.4-46.7, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.8-1.1Wo1.2-4.0, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs0.9-1.6Wo32.2-37.8, N = 2), ferroan augite (Fs48.1Wo50.5).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).

Specimens: 29.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. R. Falls.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Denver
Date:P 2016 Sep
Mass (g):467.1
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):0.4-46.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.8-1.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2-4.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):29.6
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:R. Falls
Comments:BF16-12; 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 Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7885 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1958 unapproved names)

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