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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13213 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13213 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 802 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Feb 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13213 (NWA 13213) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark-grayish rock with some fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well-packed and partly flattened chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.7 mm). The fine-grained matrix contains sulfides and FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||