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Northwest Africa 11399 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11399 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11399 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 2.35 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as LL4-6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Aug 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 11399 (NWA 11399) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 June Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4-6) History: The meteorite was bought from a Moroccan meteorite dealer on the mineral fair in Sainte Marie aux Mines, France. Petrography: Chondritic breccia consisting of clastic LL4 type matrix and abundant LL5 and LL6 clasts. Plagioclase grain size in LL5 clasts is about 30 μm, in LL6 clasts about 90 ym. Chondrule mean diameter about 0.9 mm. Geochemistry: type 4 lithology: olivine: Fa27.2±0.3, n=11; pyroxene: Fs20.0±4.3Wo1.9±1.1, (Fs10.7-24.1Wo0.5-3.9, n = 41); type 6 lithology: olivine: Fa27.3±0.4, n=10; pyroxene: Fs23.7±0.3Wo 2.3±0.1, n=7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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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