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Northwest Africa 13158
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13158
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13158
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 118.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2021)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 31 Jan 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13158 (NWA 13158)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)

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

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well separated rounded chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.4 mm). FeNi metal and sulfides and are almost completey altered to Fe-hydroxides.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):118.3
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):14.8±9.9 (0.3-25.4, n=22)
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.1±7.7 (1.4-24.6, n=26)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.6 (0.3-2.8, n=26)
Magnetic suscept.:4.79
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Fabien Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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