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Northwest Africa 12734 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12734 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12734 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 419 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 Jun 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12734 (NWA 12734) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: May 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Ordinary chondrite with shock veins. Troilite is polycristalline. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6). The olivine Fa content and orthopyroxene Fs content are in the high range for L chondrites, and the metal content (as indicated by magnetic susceptibility) is in the low range. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revision history: |
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