CK6 or CV6oxK
Purchased September 2004
no coordinates recorded
Four fusion-crusted stones, having a combined weight of 916 g, were purchased from a Moroccan dealer at the 2004 Denver Show. A sample was submitted to Northern Arizona University (T. Bunch and J. Wittke) and NWA 2388 was classified as a CK6 carbonaceous chondrite with sparse relict chondrules within a recrystallized, equilibrated groundmass. The meteorite has moderate weathering and a low shock stage, with abundant plagioclase. Northwest Africa 2388 is the only CK6 chondrite that was not found in Antarctica.
More detailed petrological and mineralogical information about the CK group and its relationship to the CV group, as well as a new proposed taxonomic designation, can be found on the Dhofar 015 page. The photo above shows a 1.4 g partial slice of NWA 2388.
