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Northwest Africa 12378
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12378
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12378
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 237 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L5/6
Recommended:  L5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 192 approved meteorites classified as L5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L 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:Ensisheim
Date:P June 2013
Mass (g):237
Pieces:1
Class:L5/6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):25.3±0.2 (n=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1±0.3 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±0.5 (n=4)
Classifier:R. Greenwood, OU
Type spec mass (g):23.2
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:Graham Ensor
Finder:Unknown
Comments:Submitted by Richard Greenwood
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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