NWA 11344 - Chondrite L3-4 - NW Africa - Description language - Portuguese

Meteorite specimen weighed 7.25 kg was found and purchased in October 2016. 

Ordinary chondrite breccia, consisting of well-preserved chondrules of various textural types, set in a finer-grained matrix. The mean apparent chondrule size is 630 μm (240-1800 μm; n=49). Accessory phases are FeNi metal and troilite, mostly residing outside of chondrules. Olivine in the majority of components is equilibrated, but some components (chondrules, chondrule fragments) of petrologic type 3 are admixed.

This meteorite was classified as chondrite L3-4.