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Northwest Africa 12016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12016 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12016 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 1035 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Sep 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 12016 (NWA 12016) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Feb Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6) Petrography: Very few chondrules are visible. Minor opaque and mostly recrystalized fine grained matrix surrounds chondrule fragments. A series of large dark patches with fine grained crystals are seen. Minor mosaicism is seen in some pyroxenes and undulatory extinction is present in olivines. Opaque shock veins are also seen. <3% of oxidation has affected metal. (S. Yokoyama, ROM). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) DGregory: David Gregory, 230 First Avenue, Suite 108, St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 4P5, Canada (private address) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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