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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12284 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12284 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  833 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 446 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 24 Nov 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 12284 (NWA 12284) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Brownish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite displays a chondritic texture with mostly rounded chondrules (mean diameter about 0.7 mm) in a fine-grained brownish and strongly altered matrix that contains sulfides and rare FeNi metal. Classification: LL based on 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 9042 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1870 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||