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Northwest Africa 13236
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13236
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13236
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 708 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL6-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as LL6-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 10 Mar 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13236 (NWA 13236)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6, melt breccia)

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

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish to black rock with some fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a melt breccia composed of large black completely molten and recrystallized regions and some few unmelted chondritic clasts. Chondritic clasts are of LL6 type (plagioclase grain size about 70 µm) and contain rare poorly defined relict chondrules. Melt regions contain characteristic FeNi metal and sufide spherules and frequently carry mineral fragments of the host rock.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):708
Pieces:1
Class:LL6-melt breccia
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27.9±0.3 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.8±0.2 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.0±0.2 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):23.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Marcin Cimala
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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Marcin Cimala      
Woreczko Jan & Wadi      
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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