NWA 16388

 

 

 

NWA 16388

Found 2023

Carbonaceous Chondrite

Karoonda Group

CK6

Specimen is the 95.77g Main Mass



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Northwest Africa 16388
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 16388
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 16388
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2023
Country: Morocco
Mass: 268 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:   CK6   

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as CK6.   [show all]
Comments: Approved 16 Feb 2024
Writeup
Writeup from MB 113:

Northwest Africa 16388 (NWA 16388)

Morocco

Purchased: 2023 Jun

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with mm-sized chondrules set in an abundant coarse matrix. Abundant magnetite, present as large grains in the matrix and in the chondrules.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa29.7±0.4, NiO 0.40±0.05 (n=4). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs24.0Wo3.6 (n=1). Plagioclase An33.7Ab63.7Or2.6 (n=1). Magnetite has 3.70 wt% Cr2O3 (n=2).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6)

Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase: Rissani, Morocco
Date: P 2023 Jun
Mass (g): 268
Pieces: 1
Class: CK6
Weathering grade: low
Fayalite (mol%): 29.7±0.4 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%): 24.0 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%): 3.6
Magnetic suscept.: 4.63
Classifier: J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g): 21.7
Type spec location: CEREGE
Main mass: Kuntz
Finder: anonymous
Comments: work name K569; submitted by Jerome Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

 

 

 

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