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Northwest Africa 13001 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13001 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Morocco Mass: 556 g | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 121 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Dec 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 13001 (NWA 13001) Morocco Purchased: 2017 Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-MG) Petrography: Etching of a polished section reveals a recrystalllized coarse octahedrite texture. Kamacite bandwidth is about 3 mm. Rhabdite (typical size 40 µm) and Neumann bands are present Geochemistry: (J.T. Wasson, UCLA): INAA data, Ni = 67.4, Co = 4.65 (both mg/g), Cu = 119, Ga = 83.2, As = 12.7, W= 1.02, Re = 0.254, Ir = 2.74, Pt = 57, Au = 1.593, Cr=22 (all µg/g). Classification: Iron, IAB-MG Specimens: Type specimen (21 g) at CEREGE. Main mass with George Penneff. | ||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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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 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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