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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13007 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  2.01 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 411 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 15 Dec 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 13007 (NWA 13007) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Zagora, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Many brownish fragments without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite displays a chondritic texture with slightly flattened chondrules (mean diameter about 0.8 mm) in a fine-grained greyish to brownish matrix that contains sulfides and rare FeNi metal. The meteorite is brecciated and contains black impact melt clasts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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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 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||