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Northwest Africa 13039

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Name: Northwest Africa 13039
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13039
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 12.8 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 17 Oct 2021

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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13039 (NWA 13039)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Wei Jiang from a Moroccan dealer (Rachid Adnane) at the mineral show in Chenzhou in May 2019

Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) brown yellow stone of 12.8 kg, without fusion crust.

Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) well-outlined chondrules of 0.4±0.2 mm (n=15) occur within a moderately recrystallized matrix containing abundant metal and troilite

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa_18.7(18.2-21.4; n=17); pyroxene Fs_16.4(15.9-17.0) Wo_1.1±0.1; n=6). Kamacite Ni=6.6, Co=0.6 (n=3); taenite Ni=21.4-29.9, Co=0.4-0.3 (n=2) wt%. Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 5.06

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, S1, W3)

Specimens: 21.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Wei Jiang holds the main mass, and 455 g and polished thin section with Bart

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Place of purchase:	Chenzhou, China
Date:	P 2019
Mass (g):	12.8 kg
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.7±0.7 (n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.4±0.5 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:	5.06
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	23.3
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Wei Jiang
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	working name WZ148; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
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Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)

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References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4

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