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Northwest Africa 13024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13024 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13024 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 702 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 396 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 13024 (NWA 13024) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2017 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL4) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Zagora, Morocco. Physical characteristics: Grayish rock partly covered with fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with densely packed and mostly flattened chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.9 mm). While olivine is compositionally equilibrated, low-Ca pyroxene show compositional zoning. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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