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Northwest Africa 13152

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13152
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13152
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 87 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2021)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 507 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 31 Jan 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13152 (NWA 13152)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 Sep

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

Physical characteristics: Single stone lacking fusion crust

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-delineated packed chondrules (average apparent diameter 1050±280 μm, n=18). Opaques are Fe,Ni metal and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_19.0±8.2, Fa PMD 40%, Cr₂O₃ 0.08±0.04 wt% (n=10). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_14.5±7.7Wo_0.6±0.4(n=7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on magnetic susceptibility and chondrule size.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE, main mass with Kuntz

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Guelmin, Morocco
Date:	P 2019 Sep
Mass (g):	87
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL3
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.50
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	18.04
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K450; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Bullock E., Chennaoui Aoudjehane H., Debaille V., D’Orazio M., Komatsu M., Miao B. and Schrader D. L. (2021) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56, 1626–1630.

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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