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Northwest Africa 12510

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 12510
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12510
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Algeria
Mass: 88 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 3 Aug 2019

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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12510 (NWA 12510)

Algeria

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Adam Ait Hiba in Tan-Tan, Morocco, Oct 2018.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) one dark-gray stone of 88 g with white-gray areas presenting rusty spots, without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well-defined chondrules (PO, PP, BO, RP, complex) of 0.3-2 mm (av. 0.7 mm) in light to dark matrix.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa_21.6±8.0(n=17); pyroxene Fs_17.6±3.6Wo_1.6±0.9(n=11); mesostasis An₈Or₈(n=1); chromite CRAL87, FFM88 (n=1). Kamacite Ni=5.5, Co=1.0 (n=2); taenite Ni=41.7, Co=0.3 (n=2) (all wt-%). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.55

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3, S2, W2)

Specimens: 20.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Yu Cao holds the main mass,19 g with Ziyao Wang and 12 g with Bart.

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Tan-Tan, Morocco
Date:	P 2018
Mass (g):	88
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	21.6±8.0 (n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.6±3.6 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:	4.55
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Yu Cao
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name WZ98; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Algeria

Algeria

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1358 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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