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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 11979 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11979 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 60 approved meteorites classified as H~6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 2 Sep 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 11979 (NWA 11979) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Nov 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6) History: Purchased by Li Bofang from a Morrocoan dealer at the mineral show in Beijing in Nov. 2015. Later the main mass was donated to Qu Pan. Physical characteristics: A 78.1 g dark brown elongated stone. Cut face shows fine distributed tiny metal specks all over the surface. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, B. Li, Beijing) cut surface shows light/dark phases with shock veins, strong recrystallized matrix and poor defined chondrules (0.2-0.5mm, av. 0.3 mm). The dark phase is finer grained than the lighter one. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.11. Classification: ordinary chondrite (H~6) Specimens: 16.8 g on deposit at Kiel, B. Li holds the main mass and 11.2 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) Beijing: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 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 7579 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names) |