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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12834 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12834 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 440 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12834 (NWA 12834) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Feb Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Purchased by Beat Booz in February 2019 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Moderately shocked breccia composed of closely packed clasts containing sparse, well-formed chondrules and relatively abundant stained metal. Silicates are noticeably shock darkened. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa20.0±0.3 (range Fa19.7-20.3), N = 3), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs17.1±0.2Wo1.3±0.1 (range Fs16.9-17.3Wo1.4-1.2), N = 3), high-Ca pyroxene (Fs5.2Wo47.0). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5 breccia, shock-darkened). Specimens: 21.0 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Booz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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