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Northwest Africa 12357
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12357
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12357
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 62 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  LL5/6
Recommended:  LL5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as LL5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Nov 2018
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora (Morocco)
Date:P April 2018
Mass (g):62.0
Pieces:1
Class:LL5/6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3-4
Fayalite (mol%):32.7±0.3 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.6±0.3 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±0.3 (n=5)
Classifier:K. Klemm and A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):12.7
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Marc Jost and Sergey Vasiliev
Comments:Working No.: SM 1804-14; submitted by K. Klemm, IfP; submitted by Klemm K.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Sergey Vasiliev   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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