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Northwest Africa 12685
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12685
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12685
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 900 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  R3
Recommended:  R3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites classified as R3.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 27 Jun 2019
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Northwest Africa 12685 (NWA 12685)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Thirty dark brownish individuals partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia with well defined chondrules (apparent mean diamter 400 μm) set into abundant matrix dominated by Fe-rich olivine. Compositionally unequilibrated olivine and pyroxene occur in chondrules and as single mineral fragments. More minor phases include Ca-pyroxene, sodic plagioclase, sulfides, and Ti-bearing chromite; no metal was detected. The meteorite contains recrystallized melt clasts.

Geochemistry: olivine: Fa25.7±12.1 (Fa9.1-38.2, n=32); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs17.9±10.5Wo1.0±0.8 (Fs0.5-29.6Wo0.3-3.5, n=21); Ca-pyroxene: Fs11.4±1.0Wo44.2±1.0 (Fs9.7-12.9Wo41.9-45.7, n=11)

Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P 2017
Mass (g):900
Pieces:30
Class:R3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.9; 11.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0; 44.2
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):30.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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