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Northwest Africa 12375
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12375
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12375
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1465 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Jan 2019
Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P Sept 2005
Mass (g):1465
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.8±0.8 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2±0.8 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±1.3 (n=4)
Classifier:R. Greenwood, OU
Type spec mass (g):44.9
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:Graham Ensor
Finder:Unknown
Comments:Submitted by Richard Greenwood
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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