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Northwest Africa 13060
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13060
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13060
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 420 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  R3
Recommended:  R3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites classified as R3.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 31 Jan 2020
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Northwest Africa 13060 (NWA 13060)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3)

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

Physical characteristics: Brownish rock with some fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite displays a light brownish to orange interior and is composed of sparse up to 1 mm sized angular type 3 clasts and matrix. Olivine and low-Ca pyroxene are compositionally unequilibrated in clasts and matrix; Fe-rich olivine is the most dominant mineral phase in the matrix. Chondrules have an average diameter of about 400 μm. More minor phases include low-Ca pyroxene, rare Ca-pyroxene, sodic plagioclase, sulfides, and Ti-bearing chromite; no metal has been detected.

Geochemistry: Olivine: Fa24.9±16.7 (Fa2.6-47.7, n=27); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs16.7±10.6Wo0.7±0.6 (Fs4.4-34.8Wo0.2-2.5, n=23)

Data from:
  MB109
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):420
Pieces:1
Class:R3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):26.5
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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