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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13178 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13178 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Mali Mass: 1876 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Feb 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13178 (NWA 13178) Mali Purchased: 2019 Aug Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Purchased by Mbark Arjdal in August 2019 from a dealer in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Fairly closely packed, small well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 220±130 µm, N = 23), very fine-grained CAI and mineral fragments are set in a fine-grained matrix (~15 vol.%, orange-brown in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa30.5±16.1, range Fa1.2-56.8, N = 14; Cr2O3 in ferroan examples 0.03-0.61 wt.%, mean 0.13±0.16 wt.%, N = 11), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs2.0±1.8Wo2.5±1.5, range Fs0.8-5.0Wo0.9-4.1, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs10.7Wo4.5), diopside (Fs1.1Wo43.8). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Specimens: 27.6 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. M. Arjdal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 116 approved meteorites from Mali (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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