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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11829 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11829 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 52 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 836 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 22 Jun 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 11829 (NWA 11829) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark-grayish individual lacking any fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite displays a chondritic texture with slightly flattened and well packed chondrules (mean apparent diameter about 0.6 mm) in a more fine-grained dark matrix that contains sulfides and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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