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Northwest Africa 11955
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11955
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11955
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 272 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  Martian (shergottite)
Recommended:  Martian (shergottite)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 318 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite).   [show all]
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Comments: Approved 15 Sep 2018
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Northwest Africa 11955 (NWA 11955)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018 May

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: Purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in May 2018 from a dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Inequigranular gabbroic texture (pyroxene up to 3.1 mm, olivine up to 2.3 mm in length). Composed of homogeneous olivine, zoned pigeonite (prismatically twinned) and maskelynite with accessory Ti-chromite, ilmenite, merrillite, chlorapatite, pyrrhotite and minor baddeleyite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa49.3-49.4, FeO/MnO = 51-56, N = 3), pigeonite (Fs29.2-45.7Wo10.4-8.1, FeO/MnO = 30-33, N = 4), maskleynite (An50.9-55.0Or2.0-1.9, N = 2).

Classification: Shergottite (gabbroic).

Specimens: 23.4 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:P 2018 May
Mass (g):272
Pieces:1
Class:Martian (shergottite)
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):49.3-49.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):29.2-45.7
Wollastonite (mol%):10.4-8.1
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):23.4
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:B. Hoefnagels
Comments:Work name BH141; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
Catalogs:
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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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