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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11034 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11034 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 58.4 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 9 Jan 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11034 (NWA 11034) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by John Higgins in October 2016 from a dealer in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Closely packed, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 600±400 μm, some up to 2 mm) are set in a sparse matrix containing altered metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.6-84.3, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.06-0.23 wt.%, mean 0.11±0.07 wt.%, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs3.1-31.4Wo0.2-2.0, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs10.2-20.1Wo29.0-31.9, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.99. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 11.8 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Higgins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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