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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13061 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13061 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 50 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 31 Jan 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13061 (NWA 13061) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture composed of up to 1.5 mm sized olivine and pigeonite grains. Olivine displays characteristic reduced rims and the meteorite contains flaky graphite. Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa1.4-3.7; olivine contains 0.62±0.03wt% Cr2O3 and 0.30±0.01wt% CaO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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