NWA 14069 CVox3 Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Northwest Africa, location unknown. Purchased in 2020.
Found: 2019.
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVox3).
Description: Petrography: (A. Irving,UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Well-formed magnetite-bearing chondrules (apparent diameter 800±360 µm, N = 24) plus very fine grained, amoeboid CAI are set in a fine grained matrix (~40 vol.%, sepia-brown to opaque in thin section) containing accessory Cr-bearing magnetite and calcic plagioclase. No sulfides were found. One CAI is composed of gehlenite, perovskite, spinel and pleonaste, and contains a tiny Ir metal nugget. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa11.8±10.3, range Fa0.3-27.5, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs3.0±1.2 Wo2.1±2.1, range Fs1.6-3.7Wo0.9-4.5, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs0.632.8), augite (Fs1.4Wo38.2; Fs49.5Wo49.4; N = 2), plagioclase (An80.2Or0.0; An90.1Or0.1; N = 2), magnetite (Cr2O3= 0.1-1.1 wt.%, N = 3). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3, oxidized).
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.