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Northwest Africa 11241
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11241
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11241
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 336 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 16 May 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11241 (NWA 11241)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016 Nov

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: Two identical stones were purchased by Gary Fujihara in November 2016 from a Moroccan dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Granular chondrules (some relatively coarse grained, apparent diameter 600±300 μm) plus fine-grained elongate amoeboid CAIs (to 1.7 mm in the thin section, to 3 mm in the slices, but most are smaller) are set in a fine grained matrix (medium brown in thin section).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.4-39.2, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.7-1.0Wo1.1-0.9, N = 2), diopside (Fs1.3Wo45.1; Fs 0.5Wo49.3; Fs9.5Wo50.8; N = 3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). CAIs are unusually small for a CV3.

Specimens: 20.28 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. G. Fujihara.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2016 Nov
Mass (g):336
Pieces:2
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):0.4-39.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.7-1.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1-0.9
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.28
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:G. Fujihara
Comments:Work name GF17-1; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
Catalogs:
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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Rodrigo Guerra   
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A. Irving   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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