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Northwest Africa 12719
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12719
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12719
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 101 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 9 Aug 2019
Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P March 2018
Mass (g):101
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):26.4±0.6 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.7±0.2 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.1
Classifier:V. Moggi Cecchi, G. Pratesi, MSN-FI
Type spec mass (g):33
Type spec location:MSN-FI
Main mass:Mimaghador
Comments:Field label Mima 41; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
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MSN-FI: Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola”, Sez. Mineralogia – Sistema Museale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze Via Giorgio La Pira, 4 – 50121 Firenze, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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