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Northwest Africa 12824
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12824
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12824
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 38 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H~6
Recommended:  H~6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Aug 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12824 (NWA 12824)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6)

History: Purchased at the Chenzhou Mineral Show in 2019 by Ziyao Wang and was donated to R. Bartoschewitz

Physical characteristics: One brown globular stone of 38 g

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray, metal-rich, recrystallized matrix, with recognizable chondrules and vugs (av. 0.2 mm) that bear silicates with well developed crystal faces.

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.41

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W0)

Specimens: 7.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart. holds the main mass

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:desert
Place of purchase:Chenzhou
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):38
Pieces:1
Class:H~6
Weathering grade:W0
Magnetic suscept.:5.41
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):7.7
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:R. Bartoschewitz
Comments:working name WZD#11; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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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.

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