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Northwest Africa 12256
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12256
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12256
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 72.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3295 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Nov 2018
Data from:
  MB107
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P March 2016
Mass (g):72.4
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):33.0±0.5 (n=6)
Ferrosilite (mol%):27.0±0.5 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.1
Classifier:Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Stefano Caporali, Giovanni Pratesi
Type spec mass (g):20.5
Type spec location:MSN-FI
Main mass:Vignato
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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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