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Northwest Africa 11201
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11201
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11201
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.06 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 392 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11201 (NWA 11201)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Mar 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4)

History: Purchased by Brahim Tahiri in Morocco and sent to his partner Sean Tutorow for analysis.

Physical characteristics: Weathered fusion-crusted exterior. Saw cuts reveals light ground mass with chondrules and fine-grained metal/sulfide grains.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows a brecciated texture with scattered porphyritic chondrules, some with mesostasis.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and B. Ha, UNM) Olivine Fa28.1±0.9, Fe/Mn=55±3, n=6; low-Ca pyroxene Fs18.5±6.0Wo1.9±1.3, Fe/Mn=38±18, n=6.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4)

Specimens: 24.56 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Northwest Africa
Date:P Mar 2016
Mass (g):2064.56
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):28.1±0.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.5±6.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±1.3
Classifier:C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):24.56
Type spec location:UNM
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Field name G682; submitted by C. Agee, UNM
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
Catalogs:
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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