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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12664 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12664 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Morocco Mass:  628 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8504 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 29 May 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12664 (NWA 12664) Morocco Purchased: 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: the meteorite was purchased in Tucsony by Mt. S. V. Petukhov in February 2017 from Alexander Müller in the Mineral Shope in Dietingen Classification: ordinary chondrite L5, S3, W3 Specimens: 1 thin section and four pieces of meteorite (88.6 g +23.5 g +10.2 g +2.7 g), 124.5 g in total and a thin section are located at Vernad; the main mass is located at the Museum of the History of the Universe (Dedovsk, Moscow region, Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1932 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 27 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||