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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12799 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12799 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  191 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 27 Jul 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12799 (NWA 12799) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5-6) History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Three grayish fragments with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a chondritic breccia composed of L6-type fragments (plagioclase grain size about 60 µm) set into L5-type matrix (plagioclase grain size about 30 µm). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9128 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||