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Northwest Africa 12896
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12896
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12896
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 98 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 446 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 23 Feb 2023
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 12896 (NWA 12896)

Morocco

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Jinji Li from a Moroccan dealer at the mineral show in Chenzhou in May 2019

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) brown yellow stone of 98 g, without fusion crust

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well defined chondrules of 0.3-1.8 mm (av. 0.9 mm, n=22) set in abundant fine-grained brown-stained matrix with a few irregular, mainly oxidized, metal and sulfide aggregates.

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa19.4 (Fa6.2-32.6; n=28); pyroxene Fs13.2Wo1.4±1.4 (Fs0.6-33.9; n=12); chromite CRAL=99, FFM=87 (n=2). Kamacite Ni=5.0-6.6, Co=0.7-1.8 (n=3); taenite Ni=20-40, Co=0.4-1.8 (n=2) (all wt%); troilite. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.69

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

Specimens: 15.1 g at Kiel and 5.1 g at Halle on deposit, Jinji Li and Ziyao Wang hold the main mass, and 13 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
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Origin or pseudonym:desert
Place of purchase:Chenzhou, China
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):98
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.4 (6.2-32.6; n=28)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.2 (0.6-33.9; n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±1.4
Magnetic suscept.:3.69
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Jinji Li and Ziyao Wang
Finder:anonymous
Comments:working name WZ147; 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1972 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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