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Northwest Africa 12525

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 12525
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12525
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Algeria
Mass: 15 g

Classification
history:

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

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Comments:

Approved 14 Sep 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12525 (NWA 12525)

Algeria

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Simo Mezgouri in Agadir in Dec. 2018.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) one dark-gray stone of 15 g with little fusion crust.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) ophitic texture composed of pyroxene (0.2-0.6 mm) and maskelynite (length 0.2-3 mm).

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Pyroxene En_46-8Fs_76-45Wo_25-9,FeO/MnO=37 (n=7); maskelynite An_54-38Or_3-4(n=8). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 3.81

Classification: Martian meteorite (shergottite, basaltic)

Specimens: 3.0 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 3 g with Bart.

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Agadir,Morocco
Date:	P 2018
Mass (g):	15
Pieces:	1
Class:	Martian (shergottite)
Magnetic suscept.:	3.81
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	3.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wang Ziyao
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name WZ104; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

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Ziyao Wang

Geography:

Algeria

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1315 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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