Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 033

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Northwest Africa 033

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 033
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 033
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Algeria
Mass: 192 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	C3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	C3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	C3-ung
Recommended:			C3-ung [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as C3-ung. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), and Ungrouped chondrites

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 1:

Origin or pseudonym:	Taouz 003
Date:	1999
Latitude:	30°54'N
Longitude:	3°58'W
Mass (g):	192
Pieces:	1
Class:	C3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3/4
Fayalite (mol%):	13.5±1.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	9.9±2.5
Classifier:	A. Bischoff and T. Grund (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):	22
Main mass:	JNMC
Comments:	NWA 033 is unusual in that it contains almost equilibrated chondrule olivines and low matrix abundance; δ18O = +1.42 ‰, δ17O = -2.69 ‰ (R. Clayton and T. Mayeda, UChi).

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O isotopes:

Institutions
and collections

UChi: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011)
Grund: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Hanno Strufe

Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 54'N, 3° 58'W)
Recommended::	(30° 54'N, 3° 58'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Bechar, Algeria
This is 1 of 1073 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 26 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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Synonyms

Taouz 003 (From MetBase)

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