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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12705 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12705 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  34.9 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 674 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Aug 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12705 (NWA 12705) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Zagora, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Single light brownish stone without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite displays a characteristic cumulate texture of up to 1.5 mm sized olivine and pigeonite crystals. Grains are often elongated and show a preferred orientation. Reduced rims in olivine are abundant. The meteorite contains flaky graphite. Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa2.0-10.6; olivine contains 0.50±0.03 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.30±0.02 wt% CaO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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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 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||