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Northwest Africa 13169
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13169
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13169
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 199 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 31 Jan 2020
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Hamburg, Germany
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):199
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26.7±0.1 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.3±0.2 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.1 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):27.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Dark grayish rock without fusion crust. The meteorite an LL6-type breccia and the plagioclase grain size is about 80 µm.; 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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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