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Northwest Africa 13972
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13972
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13972
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 800 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CVred3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as CVred3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 18 Jun 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13972 (NWA 13972)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVred3)

History: The meteorite was acquired by the mass holder in Mauritania.

Physical characteristics: Brownish rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of large chondrules (mean diameter about 0.9 mm; up to 2 mm sized), CAIs (up to 3 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained dark brownish to black matrix. Several chondrules show brownish staining due to terrestrial alteration. Opaque phases are metal and Ni-poor sulfides.

Geochemistry: Ni in sulfides 0.29±0.45 wt%, N=11

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVred3). Reduced subgroup based on low concentrations of Ni in sulfides (Gattacceca et al., 2020).

Bibliography:
  • Gattacceca J.,Bonal L.,Sonzognia C., and Longereya J. (2020) CV chondrites: More than one parent body. Earth Planet. Sci. Letts. 547, 116467. (link)
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2021
Mass (g):800
Pieces:1
Class:CVred3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):10.4±9.3 (0.4-31.0, n=21)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.6±0.5 (1.2-2.9, n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.6 (0.9-3.1, n=12)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Said Muftha Bachir
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8495 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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