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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 16952 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 16952 Observed fall: No Year found: 2023 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  25.3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 2 Aug 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 113:
Northwest Africa 16952 (NWA 16952) (Northwest Africa) Find: 2023 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: Purchased from Fu Ju Ren Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly Recrystallized ordinary chondrite with pervasive silicate darkening by µm-sized composite metal/troilite grains. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, shock-darkened) Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mas with Kuntz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB113 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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. 113, in preparation (2024)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||