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Northwest Africa 12276
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12276
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12276
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 237 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Eucrite-unbr
Recommended:  Eucrite-unbr    [explanation]

This is 1 of 144 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 12 Apr 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12276 (NWA 12276)

Algeria

Purchased: 2016 5

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated)

History: Purchased by Miao Bing-an in 2016 from Morocco.

Physical characteristics: The hand specimen is unbrecciated and the dense mineral particles are visible on the surface of the meteorite. In addition, there are some residual black fusion crust locally on the rock surface.

Petrography (B. Miao, C. Zhang, GUT): The rock structure is igneous and unbrecciated. Many types of minerals have been found in this meteorite, such as Low-Ca pyroxene, high-Ca pyroxene, plagioclase, SiO2, metal-Fe, chromite, ilmenite, troilite, rutile and baddeleyite.

Geochemistry (B. Miao, C. Zhang, GUT, EPMA): Low-Ca pyroxene (n=13): Fe/Mn=28.9±0.9, Mg#=37.7±0.8; Fs59.6±1.9Wo4.2±2.1En36.1±0.5. High-Ca pyroxene (n=12): Fe/Mn=29.0±1.8, Mg#=50.9±1.0; Fs28.9±1.1Wo41.1±1.1En30.0±0.3. Plagioclase (n=20): An90.2±0.5Or0.5±0.2Ab9.3±0.4.

Classification: Based on texture, mineral composition, it is a basaltic unbrecciated eucrite.

Specimens: 26.7 g specimen and a polished thin section are deposited in GUT

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2016 5
Mass (g):237.41
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-unbr
Classifier:B. Miao, C. Zhang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):26.7
Type spec location:GUT
Main mass:GUT
Comments:Submitted by Bing-kui Miao
Institutions
   and collections		 GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1402 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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