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Northwest Africa 13130
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13130
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13130
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.32 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 9 Feb 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13130 (NWA 13130)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

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

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock with some fusion crust.

Petrography: Carbonaceous chondrite composed of chondrules (mean diameter about 1 mm; up to 2 mm sized), CAIs (up to 3 mm sized), and olivine amoeboids all set into a fine-grained brownish to almost black matrix. Type II chondrules are absent. Some chondrules show reddish staining due to terrestrial alteration.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):2319
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):5.5±6.3 (0.6-18.5, n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1±0.1 (0.8-1.4, n=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0±0.1 (0.8-1.3, n=16)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Boulaouane Taleb Ahmed
Comments: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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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