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Northwest Africa 12034
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12034
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12034
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 342 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (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 8 Oct 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2016 May 01
Mass (g):342.12
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.09±0.23 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.23±0.31 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.67±0.33 (n=10)
Classifier:B. Miao, Z. Xia, C. Zhang, GUT
Type spec mass (g):342.12
Type spec location:GUT
Main mass:GUT
Comments:In Chinese publications, its former name was M16048; submitted by Bingkui Miao
Institutions
   and collections		 GUT: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Public domain photographs:
Zhipeng Xia   
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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