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Northwest Africa 11796
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11796
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11796
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 233 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  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 26 May 2018
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Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 11796 (NWA 11796)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: The meteorite was purchased in Tindouf, Algeria, from a Sahrawi dealer.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a chondritic texture with slightly flattened and well-packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.6 mm) in a more fine-grained matrix that contains sulfides and FeNi metal.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Tindouf, Algeria
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):233
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):14.5±9.4 (0.8-25.7, n=34)
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.6±8.0 (1.4-22.1, n=34)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.9 (0.5-4.1, n=34)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Salamu Hamad
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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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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