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Northwest Africa 12383
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12383
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12383
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 210 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  H~5
Recommended:  H~5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 174 approved meteorites classified as H~5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Dec 2018
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Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 12383 (NWA 12383)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5)

History: Purchased at Hamburg Mineral Show Dec. 2018.

Physical characteristics: 209.65 g dark brown fragment

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) recrystallized matrix with recognizable chondrules(av. 0.5 mm) and metal specks

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.13

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5, W2)

Specimens: 22.0 g on deposit at Kiel, W. Kalisch (Berlin) holds the main mass, and 17 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB107
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Place of purchase:Hamburg
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):209.65
Pieces:1
Class:H~5
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:5.13
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):22.0
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:W. Kalisch (Berlin)
Finder:anonymous
Comments:NWA-WK01; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7308 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1977 unapproved names)

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