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Northwest Africa 11382 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11382 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11382 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 57.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Jul 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11382 (NWA 11382) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005, subsequently acquired by the Hollis Collection and donated to PSF. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules occur in a recrystallized matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.1-25.4, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.7-21.0Wo1.6-1.7, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs7.2-9.4Wo45.5-43.8, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.71. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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