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Northwest Africa 12872
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12872
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12872
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 951 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L5-melt breccia
Recommended:  L5-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites classified as L5-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 6 Oct 2019
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Northwest Africa 12872 (NWA 12872)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, melt breccia)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a Morrocan meteorite dealer on the meteorite fair in Ensisheim, France.

Physical characteristics: Two brownish rocks with some fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a melt breccia and largely consists of partly recrystallized shock melt regions with characteristic FeNi metal and sufide spherules. Unmelted chondritic regions are of type L5 (plagioclase grain size about 30 μm) and contain few relictic chondrules; no metal or sulfide veins are observed.

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Place of purchase:Ensisheim, France
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):951
Pieces:2
Class:L5-melt breccia
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.1±0.1 (n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.0±0.3 (n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.1 (n=13)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):25.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
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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