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Northwest Africa 11674
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11674
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11674
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1536 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 1940 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 20 Feb 2018
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Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 11674 (NWA 11674)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017 Nov

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)

History: Purchased in Temara, Morocco by Adam Aaronson in November 2017.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Closely packed, well-formed chondrules are set in a recrystallized matrix containing stained kamacite and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.9-25.3, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.6-20.8Wo0.9-0.7, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs6.7-7.6Wo45.6-44.3, N = 2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4).

Specimens: 21 g including one polished thin section at UWB; main mass with Aaronson.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Temara
Date:P 2017 Nov
Mass (g):1536
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.9-25.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.6-20.8
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9-0.7
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:Aaronson
Comments:Work name M2076; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8495 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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