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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13042 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13042 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Morocco Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites classified as LL~4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 18 Apr 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13042 (NWA 13042) Morocco Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~4) History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Ziyao Wang from a Moroccan dealer at the mineral show in Chenzhou in May 2019 Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Three brown fragments of totally 372 g without fusion crust Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) gray to brown stained matrix with well developed chondrules (0.3-2 mm, av. 1 mm), metal and sulfide Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.45 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL~4, W2) Specimens: 22.9 g on deposit at Kiel, Ziyao Wang holds the main mass, and 66 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 1556 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) |