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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11190 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11190 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 1000 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 8 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11190 (NWA 11190) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Jan Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: Purchased by Adam Aaronson in Temara, Morocco, in January 2017. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 450±200 μm, one 3.8 mm) are set in a fairly coarse grained matrix containing stained metal. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.2-25.8, N = 6; Fa21.2, N = 1), orthopyroxene (Fs5.6Wo0.2), pigeonite (Fs11.7Wo19.7; Fs18.6Wo7.0; N = 2), augite (Fs3.4Wo43.3). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Specimens: 21 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Aaronson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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