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Northwest Africa 11924
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11924
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11924
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 125 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 703 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 3 Aug 2018
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Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 11924 (NWA 11924)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish individual lacking any fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a chondritic texture with small and well separated chondrules (mean diameter about 0.3 mm) and fine-grained matrix containing sulfides and abundant FeNi metal.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):125
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):11.8±8.3 (0.2-24.1, n=33)
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.9±7.0 (1.0-16.6, n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±1.5 (0.3-4.2, n=13)
Magnetic suscept.:4.58
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hichame Mimaghador
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Hichame Mimaghador   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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