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Northwest Africa 12185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12185 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12185 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 45 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 474 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 9 Oct 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 12185 (NWA 12185) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2009 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: The meteorite was bought from a local meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Brownish individual partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture of densely packed and partly flattened chondrules, with an apparent mean diameter of about 0.9 mm; low FeNi metal content and low magnetic susceptibility. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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