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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11792 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11792 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 26 May 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 11792 (NWA 11792) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) History: The meteorite was bought from a local meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Many small dark-grayish to black fragments, some partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of small (about 0.1-0.6 mm in diameter, mean about 250 μm) chondrules, chondrule pseudomorphs, mineral fragments and rare CAIs many of which surrounded by fine-grained dust rims set into abundant matrix. Matrix is Fe-rich and contains abundant Fe-sulfides and less abundant phyllosilicates and Ca-carbonates. Most of the Fe-rich olivines are strongly corroded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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