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Northwest Africa 12361
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12361
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12361
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 583 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  LL4-6
Recommended:  LL4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as LL4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Nov 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Zagora (Morocco)
Date:P April 2018
Mass (g):583.0
Pieces:1
Class:LL4-6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):26.7±0.7 (n=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.7±6.5 (n=14)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±2.6 (n=14)
Classifier:K. Klemm and A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):33.3
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Marc Jost and Sergey Vasiliev
Comments:Breccia, shock veins; Working No.: SM 1804-18; submitted by K. Klemm, IfP; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
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IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Sergey Vasiliev   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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