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Northwest Africa 13232
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13232
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13232
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1343 g
Classification
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Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Feb 2020
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Mauritania
Date:P 2019
Mass (g):1343
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.8±0.6 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.0±0.7 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±0.2 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.5
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Said Yousfi
Comments:Dark brownish rock with some fusion crust. The plagioclase grain size is about 70 µm.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
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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Said Yousfi   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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