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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 4699 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 4699 Observed fall: No Year found: 2007 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 815 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 487 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 12 Feb 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 4699 (NWA 4699) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2007 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Grayish rock with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a fresh grayish interior and displays a perfect chondritic texture with sharply defined, often flattened, and well packed chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.9 mm). The fine-grained matrix contains sulfides and rare FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB111 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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