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Northwest Africa 12846
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12846
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12846
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 63.2 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 3 Aug 2019
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2012 Jul 26
Mass (g):63.2
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W5
Magnetic suscept.:4.27
Classifier:L. Krämer Ruggiu. J. Gattacceca CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):28
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Labenne Luc
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name LL83; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
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)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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