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Northwest Africa 8385
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8385
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8385
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 122.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  CK5
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 205 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 29 May 2014
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Writeup from MB 103:

Northwest Africa 8385 (NWA 8385)

Morocco

Purchased: March 2014

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

History: Purchased from a dealer in Morocco in 2014 by A. Jonikas

Physical characteristics: One weathered stone fragment with some remnant crust. Cut surface reveals brown matrix with sparse chondrules of various sizes and CAIs.

Petrography: (A. Rubin, UCLA) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows the rock contains ~40 vol.% matrix material; magnetite modal abundance is about 10-15 vol.%. Chondrules average ~800 µm in diameter and are readily delineated, consistent with type 5. Plagioclase grains range in size from ~40-100 μm. The groundmass if relatively coarse, with an average grain size of ~70 μm.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa32.0±0.8, n=13; high Ca-pyroxene Fs11.7±3.8Wo49.6±0.1, n=4.

Classification: Carbonaceous Chondrite (CK5) Chondrules are readily delineated, consistent with type 5.

Specimens: 20.85 g type specimen including a probe mount

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P March 2014
Mass (g):122.5
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):32.0±0.8
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.85
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:A. Jonikas
Comments:AJ14-4; submitted by A. Jonikas
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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