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NWA 10614

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~5

Country

Year found

2015

Mass

304 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 7.9g

This is 1 of 192 approved meteorites classified as H~5. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

NWA10828

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H4

Country

Year found

2009

Mass

541 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 6.5g

History: Purchased by James Tobin in February 2009 from a dealer at the Tucson Gem show. Petrography: Chondrules and chondrule fragments surrounded by secondary calcite, iron oxides, and void spaces. Secondary material and void spaces occasionally replace chondrule mesostases. Roughly 5-10% of the original metal is still present. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.9±1.0, N=32); orthopyroxene (Fs17.7±1.4Wo1.2±0.7, N=33). Specimens: Cascadia holds 23.8 g in two pieces, in addition to one polished thin section and a mounted butt.

NWA 11973

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~5

Country

Year found

2015

Mass

335 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 8.4g

History: Purchased by Li Bofang from a Moroccan dealer at the mineral show in Beijing in Nov. 2015. Physical characteristics: 344.8 g stone, about 70% of the surface is covered with yellowish oxidized crust; light-gray interior with many chondrules and metal specks. Some cracks are partly filled yellow colored adherent soil-like material. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, B. Li, Beijing) cut surface shows recrystallized matrix with chondrules of 0.2-1.0 mm (av. 0.6 mm), about 30% of chondrules are well defined. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.01. Classification: ordinary chondrite (H~5) Specimens: 25.3 g on deposit at Kiel, B. Li holds the main mass and 40 g with Bart.

NWA 12299

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~6

Country

Year found

2018

Mass

4.5 kg

[Museum Collection]

(1) 19.6g

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Fayssal Mezgouri during the China (Hubei) Mineral & Gem Show in Huangshi City in Sept 2018. Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) A red-purple stone of 4500 grams with some fusion crust. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray recrystallized matrix with poor developed chondrules (0.2-0.8 mm, av. 0.4 mm), and much homogenous distributed irregular metal and sulphide. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.39 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W0) Specimens: 20.8 g on deposit at Kiel, Wang Ziyao holds the main mass, and 131 g with Bart.

NWA12300

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~5

Country

Year found

2018

Mass

273 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 7.3g

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wang Ziyao from Sadam Sbai during the China (Hunan) Mineral & Gem Show in Chenzhou City in May 2018. Physical characteristics: (Wang Ziyao) Gray-black stone of 273 g, metal bumps are recognizable on the surface. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray-black recrystallized matrix with poor developed chondrules (0.2-1.4 mm, av. 0.5 mm), irregular shaped metal and sulphide grains (

NWA 12487

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~5

Country

Year found

2018

Mass

121.4 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 9.5g

History: Purchased at Hamburg Mineral Show Dec. 2018. Physical characteristics: 121.4 g brown stone with about 50% black brown, rather fresh, fusion crust of ~0.3 mm. Surface without fusion crust is very strongly sculpted by erosion and metal spots are visible. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray brown, recrystallized, very porosus matrix with chondrules (0.2-1.5 mm, av. 0.5 mm), metal and sulfide specks. Vugs (av. 1 mm) bear olivine, pyroxene and troilite crystallites up to 0.3 mm. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.42 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~5, W1) Specimens: 20.5 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart holds the main mass.

NWA 12500

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H5

Country

Year found

2018

Mass

108.7 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 19.3g

History: Purchased at Hamburg Mineral Show Dec. 2018. Physical characteristics: 108.7 g dark-brown stone with metallic specks on the surface Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) fractured matrix with melt dykes and recrystallized melt pools, and poorly recognizable chondrule relicts. Metal and sulfide penetration into cracks blackened the meteorite. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa18.2±0.4 (range Fa17.3-19.0; n=16); pyroxene Fs15.8±0.3Wo1.7±0.2; feldspar An14-18Or2-5 (n=2); chromit CRAL=85, FFM=67 (n=1). Kamacite Ni=6.4-8.7 wt%, Co=0.6 wt% (n=5). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.50 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, S5, W0) Specimens: 20.1 g at Kiel, Bart holds the main mass.

NWA12501

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H4

Country

Year found

2018

Mass

65.3 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 3.2g

History: Purchased at Hamburg Mineral Show Dec. 2018. Physical characteristics: 65.3 g brown brecciated stone with recognizable chondrules and metallic specks on the surface Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well defined chondrules (~60 vol%, 0.3-2 mm, av. 0.6 mm) of various types set in a dark brown opaque matrix together with metal particles up to 0.5 mm. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa17.8±1.4 (17.7-22.2; Fe/Mn=38.8; n=27); pyroxene Fs16-0±2.5 (n=15), Wo1.1±0.9; Ca pyroxene En49-60Fs6-10Wo31-45 (n=2); feldspar An11-13Or5-7 (n=2). Kamacite Ni=6.4-6.7 wt%, Co=0.7 wt% (n=3). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.32 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4, W1) Specimens: 13.2 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart holds the main mass and a polished thin section

NWA12608

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~6

Country

Year found

2019

Mass

4.46 kg

[Museum Collection]

(1) 5.6g

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as H~6. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 18, Moscow (1960) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

NWA12824

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H~6

Country

Year found

2019

Mass

38 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 138g

History: Purchased at the Chenzhou Mineral Show in 2019 by Ziyao Wang and was donated to R. Bartoschewitz Physical characteristics: One brown globular stone of 38 g Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Gray, metal-rich, recrystallized matrix, with recognizable chondrules and vugs (av. 0.2 mm) that bear silicates with well developed crystal faces. Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.41 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W0) Specimens: 7.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Bart. holds the main mass

NWA13876

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H5

Country

Year found

2021

Mass

1024 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 27.40g

This is 1 of 11232 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022)

NWA13888

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H5

Country

Year found

2018

Mass

2 kg

[Museum Collection]

(1) 17.9g

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from Aziz Habibi in Erfoud, Morocco 2018. Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) yellow and brownish colored porous flat stone of 2000 g Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) strong alterated chondritic clasts are set a limonitic terrestrial matrix. The chondritic clasts are composed of gray chondrules (0.3-1.5 mm) in a brown strong weathered matrix with few relict metal and sulphide. The terrestrial limonitic matrix contain individual grains of quartz (rounded and angular), minor terrestrial (Or89Ab11) and chondritic (An13-19Or4-7) feldspar, terrestrial (Fe/Mn39) and chondritic (Fe/Mn15-21) pyroxene, and chondritic olivine. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa18.2 (17.5-19.3; n=32); poor Ca-pyroxene Fs16.7(15.5-23.6)Wo1.4(0.8-1.8), Fe/Mn=24(20-34; n=42); diopside En49Fs6Wo45 (n=1); plagioclase An13-19Or4-7 (n=5); chromite CRAL=85 FFM=83 (n=1). Taenite Ni=30, Co=0.3 (n=1); FeS Ni

NWA14676

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H5

Country

Year found

2021

Mass

500 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 9.70g

This is 1 of 11232 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)

NWA16401

Name

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Structure Class

Ordinary chondrites

Chemical Class

H6

Country

Year found

2023

Mass

1250 g

[Museum Collection]

(1) 35g

History: Reportedly this stone was found in Western Sahara in early 2023. Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Equilibrated ordinary chondrite with barely visible chondrules. Many secondary feldspar grains with sizes >50 µm. High amounts of Fe-Ni metal, mostly residing outside of chondrules. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Mean olivine composition: Fa19.1±0.3 (Fa18.8-19.7; n=5); mean low-Ca pyroxene composition: Fs16.6±0.1Wo1.5±0.2 (Fs16.5-16.8Wo1.2-1.7; n=5). Classification: H chondrite based on mineral chemistry. Petrologic type 6 due to the equilibrated state of olivine and pyroxene and grain size of secondary plagioclase.

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