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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11295 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11295 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 18.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11295 (NWA 11295) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2016 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: A stone weighing 18.5 g was found in Morocco in 2016. David Holden acquired the sample from a meteorite prospector in Erfoud 2016. Physical characteristics: The oriented stone displays a defined rollover lip, has a rounded nose-cone shape and is covered (~65%) by a black-dark brown fusion crust. The interior of the stone is dark brown and shows numerous small chondrules and weathered and fresh flakes of metal. Petrography: Description and classification (A. Love, App): Sample is heavily recrystallized. All relict chondrules are droplet varieties of RP, BO. chondrules are and have an avg. diam. of 1495 μm, N=8. The sample contains yellow-stained silicates, maskelynite is present in the mesostasis of most chondrules, troilite is polycrystalline, and ringwoodite and rounded sulfide droplets are present within some shock veins. Geochemistry: Olivine: Fa23.4±0.3 N=9; Low-Ca pyroxene: Fs19.9±0.8Wo1.4±0.3 N=8. Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L6, S6, W2). Mineral compositions suggest this is an L chondrite. Specimens: Two slices weighing 5.21 g and one polished thin section are on deposit at App. David Holden holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
App: Department of Geology, 572 Rivers St., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Mar 2013) |
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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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