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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13023 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13023 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  682 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 703 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 15 Dec 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 13023 (NWA 13023) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Zagora, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Brownish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a fragmented texture with mostly flattened and loosely packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.4 mm) in a more fine-grained matrix that contains sulfides and abundant FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||