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Northwest Africa 11037

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 11037
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11037
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 100 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 30 Dec 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 11037 (NWA 11037)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

History: One stone of 100.0 g was purchased in 2016 by Sergey Vasiliev in Ensisheim

Physical characteristics: On the cut surface, the rock shows a brecciated texture with abundant shock veins.

Petrography: (Addi Bischoff, Samuel Ebert). In polished thin section the recrystallized texture of the fragments is visible. Abundant shock veins are present.

Specimens: 20.6 g including a polished thin section are at the IfP. Sergey Vasiliev holds the main mass.

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	Desert
Place of purchase:	Ensisheim
Date:	P 2016
Mass (g):	100
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	31.8 ± 0.5 (n= 5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	25.4 ± 0.2 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8 ± 0.1 (n=4)
Classifier:	K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, S. Ebert, IfP
Type spec mass (g):	20.6
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	Sergey Vasiliev
Finder:	unknown
Comments:	Comment: breccia, shock veins. Sample-number: SV2016.08.24-01, submitted by Samuel Ebert; submitted by Samuel Ebert

Institutions
and collections

IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Sergey Vasiliev

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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