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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12876 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12876 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 31 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup![]() |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12876 (NWA 12876) (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: Seven brownish rocks with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a melt breccia composed of L5 chondritic regions with several recognizable chondrules (plagioclase grain size about 40 μm) and abundant up to 1 cm wide recrystallized shock melt veins and pockets with characteristic FeNi metal and sufide spherules. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (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 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |