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Northwest Africa 12183
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12183
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12183
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 167 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 9 Nov 2018
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Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 12183 (NWA 12183)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Ureilite

History: The meteorite was bought from a local meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark-brownish individual lacking any fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a characteristic cumulate texture of up to 1 mm sized olivine and pigeonite grains. Olivine is enriched in Cr2O3 and displays typical reduced rims. The meteorite contains abundant flaky graphite.

Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa5.1-11.0; olivine contains 0.67±0.18 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.31±0.02 wt% CaO

Data from:
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  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):167
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):21.3±0.1 (n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.1±0.1 (n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):8.9±0.1 (n=13)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marcin Cimala
Comments:Morocco; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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