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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11080 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11080 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  91.2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 5 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11080 (NWA 11080) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: A stone weighing 91.23 g was found in Morocco in 2010. John Sinclair and J. Donald Cline acquired the sample from a meteorite prospector in Erfoud, 2015. Physical characteristics: The windowed stone is dark gray, irregular in shape and has visible red-colored chondrules surrounded by black rims. The stone lacks fusion crust. Petrography: (A. Love, App): Sample displays chondritic texture composed of chondrules, AOAs and CAIs in a mottled, light grey and dark opaque matrix (35 vol%). Most chondrules are defined and have an average diameter of 630.7 μm (69-2578 μm, n=187). Porphyritic chondrules have turbid to recrystallized mesostasis. A 3.2-mm type B CAI containing melilite, spinel, hibbonite and fassaite dominates a portion of the thin section. Larger chondrules (~1 mm dia.) are light red in color in plain light and are surrounded by darker regions composed of fine-grained, opaque clastic matrix devoid of sulfides. Matrix surrounding unoxidized chondrules contains abundant coarser grained sulfides. Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Fa15.1±18.1 (0.5-51.8), Fe/Mn=52.2 N=38; Low Ca pyroxene Fs2.0±0.7Wo1.8±1.2, N=13. Classification: Carbonaceous Chondrite (CV3, S3, W2) Specimens: PARI holds the main mass. One slice and several fragments weighing 18.43 g and one polished thin section are on deposit at App. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
App: Department of Geology, 572 Rivers St., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Mar 2013) PARI: Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 Pari Dr Rosman, NC 28772, United States (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2016) |
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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 7885 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1958 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||