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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12381 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12381 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 21.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Dec 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 12381 (NWA 12381) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6) History: Purchased at Hamburg Mineral Show Dec. 2018. Physical characteristics: 21.7 g dark-brown fragment Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized matrix with poorly defined, but partly metal-rimmed chondrules (0.5-2 mm) and metal specks Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.85 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6, W2) Specimens: 4.4 g on deposit at Kiel, Ben Levi Karsten (Hamburg) holds the main mass, and 3.1 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) |
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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