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Northwest Africa 12400
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12400
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12400
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 273 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  LL5-6
Recommended:  LL5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 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 11 Jan 2019
Data from:
  MB108
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):272.8
Pieces:1
Class:LL5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):29.1±0.3 (n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.0±0.2 (n=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.1 (n=16)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):27.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Chondritic breccia composed of LL6 type clasts (plagioclase grain size about 70 um) set into LL5 type host (plagioclase grain size about 30 um).; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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