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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11087 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11087 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 21 Feb 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11087 (NWA 11087) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2013 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: The stone was bought by Jean Redelsperger from Abdellah Afiniss in Agadir in 2013. Physical characteristics: A crusted fragment. Cut surface reveals large chondrules and CAIs set in abundant dark brown matrix. Petrography: Chondrules (average apparent diameter 990±340 μm, N=27) and irregular CAIs (to 2 mm) set in an abundant fine-grained iron-rich matrix. Opaques are mostly metal and sulfides, and their terrestrial weathering products. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa range 0.4-50.4, average Fa11.5±14.9, PMD 102%, (N=7). Orthopyroxene Fs1.2±0.1Wo1.0±0.1 (N=2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.43. Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Reduced subgroup. Strong weathering. Specimens: 10 g at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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 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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |