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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11736 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11736 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  71.3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 811 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 7 Mar 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 11736 (NWA 11736) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Algeria. Physical characteristics: Light brownish individual without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with clearly defined, sometimes deformed packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.7 mm) in a fine-grained matrix of mineral and chondrule fragments, FeNi metal and sulfides. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||