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Northwest Africa 12823
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12823
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12823
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 36.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  Pallasite
Recommended:  Pallasite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite.   [show all]
Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Pallasites
Comments: Approved 14 Sep 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12823 (NWA 12823)

Algeria

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Pallasite

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Adnane Sami during the China Mineral & Gem Show in Beijing City in Nov. 2018.

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) 3 brown stones totaling 36.8 g, without fusion crust.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Metal phase is weathered completely to Fe-hydroxides and bear olivine grains up to 5 mm.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa13.3±0.1 (n=5). Oxidized metal: ~57 % Fe, ~3 % Ni. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.13

Classification: Pallasite

Specimens: 7.6 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 2.2 g with Bart.

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:desert
Place of purchase:Beijing
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):36.8
Pieces:3
Class:Pallasite
Fayalite (mol%):13.3±0.1 (n=5)
Magnetic suscept.:5.13
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):7.6
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Ziyao Wang and Chen Wang
Finder:anonymous
Comments:working name WZ117; 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)
Beijing: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1336 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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