Minerochemical and Textural Features of Three New Carbonaceous Chondrites: Dar al Gani 1068, Northwest Africa 11706 and 11707

Three new carbonaceous chondrites from Sahara have been classified in 2018 at the Museo di Storia Naturale-SMA dell’Università di Firenze, Italy. The first one, weighing 15 g, was found in November 1999 by Romano Serra of the Museo del Cielo e della Terra of San Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna, Italy), during an expedition to search for meteorites in the Dar al Gani desert of Libya. It appears as a small stone partially covered by fusion crust. The meteorite has been submitted for classification and officially approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society under the name DaG 1068 [1]. The type specimen, weighing 3.5 g is on deposit at the Museo di Storia Naturale-SMA dell’Università di Firenze (RI3346), while the main mass is on deposit at the Museo del Cielo e della Terra. Two other new CC, weighing 116 and 470, respectively, were purchased in 2016 by Hichame Mimaghador at the Erfoud market in Morocco. Both are single stones completely covered by a black fusion crust, which displays several cracks. The meteorites have been submitted for classification and officially approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society under the names NWA 11706, and 11707. The type specimens, weighing 19.4 and 20.7, respectively, are on deposit at the Museo di Storia Naturale-SMA dell’Università di Firenze (RI 3347 and RI3348), while the main masses are with the owner.