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Northwest Africa 11883
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11883
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11883
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 43.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Jul 2018
Data from:
  MB107
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Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):43.3
Pieces:6
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.7 (N=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4 (N=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4 (N=1)
Magnetic suscept.:4.80
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):9.1
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Jean Redelsperger
Comments:work name JR052; Bought from Mohamed Elguirah in Zagora in 2018. Six identical looking fragments with shiny fusion crust.; submitted by Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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Synonymshelp: Northwest Africa 12557 (Duplicate meteorites)
NWA 12557 (Duplicate meteorites)
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