NWA 7185 CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite
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Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: 2009.
Type: CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite.
Description: History: Purchased by Eric Twelker from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco in 2009 October. Petrography: Flattened, elliptical to rounded, mostly granular chondrules (some rimmed) plus sparse fine-grained CAIs in a red-brown matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa1.1-35.2), orthopyroxene (Fs1.0-2.4Wo0.9±0.0), clinopyroxene (Fs1.0-9.6Wo47.4-49.3).
Note: Most of these specimens are polished on one side and sanded on the other. Some of the photographs below show polish and some sanding. This meteorite is similar to NWA 1465 in appearance.
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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