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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12297 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12297 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 65 approved meteorites classified as L~5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 9 Nov 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 12297 (NWA 12297) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5) History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Sbai Mohamed at the mineral show in Beijing in Nov. 2015 Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) Black 110.5 g stone with dark black-brown fusion crust Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Light-gray recrystallized matrix with well recognizable lighter chondrules (0.5-1.6 mm, av. 0.8 mm) and irregular metal and sulphide. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.06 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~5, W0) Specimens: 20.1 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 4.5 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) Beijing: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7579 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) |