Description
CV3 chondrite.
Individual– 5.43g.
Sold with label/certificate of authenticity.
Northwest Africa 10305 (NWA 10305)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2015 May
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)
History: Purchased by Fabien Kuntz in May 2015 from a dealer in Rissani, Morocco.
Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Separated chondrules (apparent diameter up to 3.0 mm, some rimmed) plus fine-grained, irregularly shaped CAI are set in a red-brown matrix (~40 vol.%).
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.2-39.5, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.9-1.7Wo0.9-2.0, N = 3), augite (Fs0.6Wo36.8; Fs0.8Wo43.6; N = 2).
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).
Specimens: 23.3 g including one polished thin section at PSF; remainder with Kuntz.
