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Northwest Africa 12989
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12989
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12989
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 4.34 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 30 Nov 2019
Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:Cologne, Germany
Date:P 2018 Aug
Mass (g):4335
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:4.67
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21.5
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Comments:work name K428. Crusted stone with regmaglypts. Abundant shock veins and melt pockets. Shock darkened.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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