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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11869 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11869 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 15.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 22 Jun 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 11869 (NWA 11869) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005, subsequently acquired by the Hollis Collection and then donated to PSF. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed chondrules are set in relatively coarse grained, shock-darkened matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa23.5-23.7, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.0-20.2Wo3.4-1.5, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs11.3Wo27.4), augite (Fs12.6Wo35.6). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4, shock-darkened). Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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