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Northwest Africa 11296
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11296
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11296
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 53 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

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
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11296 (NWA 11296)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: A stone weighing 53 g was found in Morocco in 2016. David Holden acquired the sample from a meteorite prospector in Erfoud 2016.

Physical characteristics: The oriented stone has a dark brown weathered fusion crust with rollover lipping and a flattened triangular shape. The interior of the stone is tan to orange, shows chondrules and fresh and weather flakes of metal.

Petrography: Description and classification (A. Love, App): Sample is dark-orange in color and displays a recrystallized chondritic texture composed of indistinct chondrules with an average diameter of 808 μm, n=48 set within a recrystallized matrix. All Ca-poor pyroxene is orthorhombic and accessory apatite is present. FeNi metal comprises ~ 2 vol% of the specimen.

Geochemistry: Olivine: Fa23.2±0.2 N=6; Low-Ca pyroxene: Fs19.3±0.4Wo1.5±0.3 N=6.

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L6, S6, W2). Mineral compositions suggest this is an L chondrite.

Specimens: An endcut and one slice weighing 10.63 g, and a polished thin section are currently on deposit at App. David Holden has the main mass.

Data from:
  MB106
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2016
Mass (g):53
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.2±0.2 (N=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.3±0.4 (N=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.3
Classifier:A. Love, App
Type spec mass (g):10.6
Type spec location:App
Main mass:David Holden
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Anthony Love
Institutions
   and collections		 App: Department of Geology, 572 Rivers St., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Mar 2013)
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.

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