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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12873 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12873 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 507 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 836 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 7 Sep 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12873 (NWA 12873) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a Moroccan meteorite dealer at the meteorite fair in Ensisheim, France. Physical characteristics: Dark-grayish rock partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well defined, mostly flattened and densely packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.7 mm) in a more fine-grained matrix that contains sulfides and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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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 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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