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Northwest Africa 12549

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 12549
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12549
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass: 288 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 31 Mar 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12549 (NWA 12549)

Morocco

Purchased: 2019 Jan

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Purchased in Zagora in January 2019

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed, well-delineated chondrules. Opaque minerals are Fe,Ni metal and FeS.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_19.9±8.8, Fa PMD 40%, range Fa_9.0-35.8, Cr₂O₃ 0.06±0.04 wt% (n=15). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_5.9±1.0Wo_0.4±0.1(n=4).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group from magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:	Zagora (Morocco)
Date:	P 2019 Jan
Mass (g):	287.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19.9±8.8 (n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	5.9±1.0 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.4±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.15
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	23.99
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Fabien Kuntz
Comments:	work name K394; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

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

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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