NWA 12873 (9,630 g)

Northwest Africa 12873 (NWA 12873)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)
History: The meteorite was purchased from a Moroccan meteorite dealer at the meteorite fair in Ensisheim, France.
Physical characteristics: Dark-grayish rock partly covered with fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well defined, mostly flattened and densely packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.7 mm) in a more fine-grained matrix that contains sulfides and FeNi metal.
 
Place of purchase:
Ensisheim, France
Date:
P 2019
Mass (g):
507
Pieces:
1
Class:
L3
Shock stage:
S2
Weathering grade:
W2
Fayalite (mol%):
14.0±10.8 (1.9-32.3, n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):
11.9±8.2 (1.7-23.7, n=30)
Wollastonite (mol%):
0.9±0.7 (0.2-2.6, n=30)
Magnetic suscept.:
4.63
Classifier:
A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):
21.1
Type spec location:
MNB
Main mass:
Hanno Strufe
Comments:
Submitted by Ansgar Greshake