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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13000 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13000 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  59.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 152 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Dec 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 13000 (NWA 13000) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Jul Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB) Petrography: Etching of a polished section reveals a hexaedrite texture. Rhabdites are present. Geochemistry: (J.T. Wasson, UCLA): INAA data, Ni = 67.9, Co = 4.62 (both mg/g), Cu = 120, Ga = 87.1, As = 13.2, W= 1.17, Re = 0.194, Ir = 2.20, Pt = 6.9, Au = 1.576 (all µg/g). Classification: Iron, IIAB Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||