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Northwest Africa 11499
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11499
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11499
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 50.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Nov 2017
Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Algeria
Place of purchase:Ensisheim
Date:P June 2016
Mass (g):50.4
Pieces:6
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.8±0.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.0±0.2 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8
Classifier:V. Moggi Cecchi, S. Caporali, G. Pratesi, MSN-FI
Type spec mass (g):12.6
Type spec location:MSN-FI
Main mass:Cojocaru
Comments:Submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections		 MSN-FI: Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola”, Sez. Mineralogia – Sistema Museale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze Via Giorgio La Pira, 4 – 50121 Firenze, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1294 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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