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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 16457 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 16457 Observed fall: No Year found: 2023 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  1140 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 507 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 18 Jan 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 113:
Northwest Africa 16457 (NWA 16457) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2023 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania. Physical characteristics: Brownish rock with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with sharply outlined, mostly rounded and partly packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.9 mm) set in a fine-grained matrix that contains some sulfides and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB113 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) Polandmet: targoniny 30 43445 Dziegielow Poland, Poland; Website (institutional address; updated 7 May 2021) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||