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Northwest Africa 13106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13106 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13106 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 320 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 321 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all] Search for other: Martian meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 9 Feb 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13106 (NWA 13106) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 May Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: Purchased in Agadir, Morocco, by Aziz Habibi in May 2019. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Intersertal texture with a prominent lattice preferred orientation of maskelynite laths and prismatic clinopyroxene (strongly compositionally zoned). Accessory phases include merrillite, silica polymorph, pyrrhotite, ilmenite (with hematite exsolution lamellae), titanomagnetite (with ulvöspinel exsolution lamellae), baddeleyite, fayalite (in melt inclusions) and anorthoclase (in mesostasis). Geochemistry: Pigeonite cores (Fs33.0-33.4Wo15.0-14.2, FeO/MnO = 28-29, N = 2), subcalcic augite cores (Fs24.7-29.1Wo24.1-30.0, FeO/MnO = 27-29, N = 3), ferropigeonite rims (Fs70.2-78.3Wo13.4-19.9, FeO/MnO = 39-40, N = 4), subcalcic ferroan augite rim (Fs58.7Wo25.3, FeO/MnO = 38), maskelynite (An55.2-56.1Or1.1-1.7, N = 3), ferropigeonite in mesostasis (Fs84.3Wo10.4, FeO/MnO = 41), anorthoclase in mesostasis (Ab41.4An35.3Or23.3). Classification: Shergottite (intersertal). Specimens: 20.5g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. A. Habibi. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023) |
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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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