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Northwest Africa 13096
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13096
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13096
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 346 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Jan 2020
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Northwest Africa 13096 (NWA 13096)

Morocco

Purchased: 2014 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

History: Purchased from a Moroccan dealer in 2014

Physical characteristics: Nearly complete fusion crust, cut by deep cracks. Saw cut reveals a grayish-green interior with a number of small chondrules visible and relatively few bright metal and sulfide grains.

Petrography: Numerous moderately distinct to poorly delineated chondrules are observed, approximately 200-800 μm in size. Plagioclase grains are 50-200 μm. Large kamacite and taenite grains are abundant and highly oxidized. Cut by numerous terrestrial Fe-oxide beins. Minor chromite is also observed.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa19.1±0.3, Fe/Mn= 36.4±2.4 n=10; low-Ca Pyroxene Fs16.7±0.2Wow1.74±0.06, Fe/Mn= 22.1±0.9 n=10; Taenite Fe= 92.0±0.3, Ni= 6.4±0.3, Co=0.51±0.04 wt%, n=3.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6), weathering W3

Specimens: 31.6 g and an epoxy probe mount on deposit at UAz. Fredric Stephan holds the main mass.

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Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2014 Feb
Mass (g):346.0
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.1±0.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.74±0.06
Classifier:S. Nagumantri, C. Schoch, J. Vickroy, UAz
Type spec mass (g):31.6
Type spec location:UAz
Main mass:Fredric Stephan
Comments:Working Name SH8; submitted by T. Swindle
Institutions
   and collections
UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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