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Northwest Africa 13028

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13028
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13028
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 849 g

Classification
history:

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CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 624 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 1 Jan 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13028 (NWA 13028)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark greyish rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of chondrules (mean diameter about 1 mm; up to 3 mm sized), CAIs (up to 2 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained brownish matrix. Contains both, type I and type II chondrules.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2019
Mass (g):	849
Pieces:	1
Class:	CV3
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	moderate
Fayalite (mol%):	8.7±7.6 (1.2-23.9, n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.8±1.0 (0.8-3.1, n=18)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±1.3 (0.5-3.9, n=18)
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	21.3
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Said Yousfi
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Said Yousfi

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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