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Northwest Africa 11988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11988 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11988 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 87.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3-6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 2 Aug 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 11988 (NWA 11988) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2005 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3-6) History: Purchased by an anonymous collector from a dealer at the Munich Show in 2005, subsequently acquired by the Hollis Collection and then donated to PSF. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS; P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of some discrete, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 660±220 µm, N = 20), together with some more recrystallized Type 5 clasts, in a matrix containing altered metal, chlorapatite and merrillite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa27.8±3.9, range Fa23.1-34.2, N = 7; Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.06-0.14 wt.%, mean 0.08±0.03 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs20.6±0.3Wo1.6±1.0, range Fs20.4-20.8Wo0.9-2.3, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs8.4Wo44.7; Fs10.2Wo43.6; N = 2), olivine in Type 5 lithic clast (Fa24.9±0.2, range Fa24.7-25.1, N = 2). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.65. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3-5 breccia). Affinity to L chondrites is established from olivine composition in equilibrated lithic clasts and bulk magnetic susceptibility. Specimens: The entire specimen including one polished thin section is at PSF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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