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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 1096 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 1096 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  120 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 444 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 20 Oct 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 1096 (NWA 1096) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2003 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) Petrography: Many chondrules are surrounded by thin rims of troilite±metal. A few metal grains contain small, irregular troilite grains. Thin metal and sulfide veins also occur. Thin weathering veins are also present. Chondrules are very sharply defined. Some chondrules contain patches of brown isotropic mesostases. Olivine exhbits weak mosaic ectinction. Some low-Ca pyroxene phenocrysts exhibit polysynthetic twinning. Classification: LL3 (estimated subtype 3.5). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||