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Northwest Africa 11038
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11038
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11038
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.2 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 30 Dec 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Northwest Africa 11038 (NWA 11038)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Feb 2016

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: A single stone weighing 2202 g was purchased in February 2016 from a Moroccan dealer

Petrography: (A. Bischoff, S. Ebert, IfP). The rock is unbrecciated. In the studied thin section, abundant well-defined chondrules are visible, sometimes containing mesostasis glass. This indicates a very low degree of secondary alteration. It is an unequilibrated type 3 ordinary chondrite. The chondrules have a size of about 500 μm. The ° of shock and weathering are S2 and W2, respectively.

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: (K. Klemm and A. Bischoff, IfP) Olivine within the rock is unequilibrated and is Fa25.2±3.8 (range Fa12-30, n=30). The same holds for low-Ca pyroxene, which is also unequilibrated and is Fs13.7±10.5Wo1.5±2.2 (Fs2-37Wo0.2-10.4, n=30).

Specimens: 30.9 g including a polished thin section are at the IfP. Sergey Vasiliev holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB105
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Origin or pseudonym:Desert
Place of purchase:unknown
Date:P Feb 2016
Mass (g):2202
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.2±3.8 (n=30)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.7±10.5 (n=30)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±2.2 (n=30)
Classifier:K. Klemm, A. Bischoff, S. Ebert, IfP
Type spec mass (g):30.9
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Sergey Vasiliev
Finder:unknown
Comments:Sample number: SV2016-02, submitted by Samuel Ebert; submitted by Samuel Ebert
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names)

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