Meteorite | CV3 Chondrite | Carbonaceous | 22,64 g

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This piece weighing 22,64 g found in Morocco is classified as a carbonaceous CV3 chondrite. Carbonaceous chondrites represent only a small fraction (4.6%) of meteorite falls.

These carbonaceous chondrites have not been exposed to higher temperatures, so they are hardly altered by thermal processes. They are compounds that emerged early from the primordial solar nebula, condensed, and represent the oldest minerals formed in the solar system. They contain a relatively high proportion of carbon (up to 3%), which is in the form of graphite, carbonates and organic compounds including amino acids. In addition, they contain water and minerals that have been modified by water.

The naming convention consists of the standard two-letter designation CX , where C stands for "carbonaceous" plus a capital letter in place of X , which is very often the first letter of the name of a prominent meteorite - often the first discovered in a particular group. This group takes its name from Vigarano (Italy), a CV chondrite. Most of these chondrites belong to petrological type 3, like this one.

Observed falls of CV chondrites:

Vigarano, Allende, Bali, Bukhara, Grosnaja, Kaba, Mokoia

Some other famous carbonaceous chondrites are: Allende , Murchison , Orgueil , Ivuna , Murray , Tagish Lake , Sutter's Mill and Winchcombe.