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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 15041 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 15041 Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  390 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as L5-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 5 Jul 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 111:
Northwest Africa 15041 (NWA 15041) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2022 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5, melt breccia) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Algeria. Physical characteristics: Two dark grayish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a melt breccia composed of L5 chondritic regions (plagioclase grain size about 40 µm) with some weakly defined relict chondrules in abundant mostly recrystallized shock melt that contains characteristic FeNi metal and sufide spherules. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB111 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||