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Northwest Africa 13294
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13294
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13294
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 26.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  Eucrite
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 595 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 23 May 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13294 (NWA 13294)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

History: Purchased by Shawn Kashay in 2018 from Mustapha Hnini in Algeria.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with minor fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Sample is a fine-grained eucrite containing low-calcium pyroxene, pigeonite, augite, calcic plagioclase, silica glass, Si-Al-Ca rich glass, and ilmenite. Minor secondary calcite weathering veins present.

Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene (Fs60.7±1.9Wo2.6±0.8, range Fs58.1-64.6Wo1.3-4.1, FeO/MnO=30±2, n=16); pigeonite (Fs53.2±3.1Wo12.1±3.0, range Fs48.1-56.7Wo7.6-17.2, FeO/MnO=31±4, n=9); augite (Fs28.7±4.6Wo38.7±3.7, range Fs23.3-34.9Wo31.4-42.2, FeO/MnO=30±3, n=8); calcic plagioclase (An89.8±2.4, range An85.8-96.7, n=26).

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

Specimens: 5.35 grams at UCLA; main mass with Shawn Kashay.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Algeria
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):26.4
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):60.7±1.9, 53.2±3.1, 28.7±4.6
Wollastonite (mol%):2.6±0.8, 12.1±3.0, 38.7±3.7
Classifier:D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):5.35
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Shawn Kashay
Comments:Submitted by Daniel Sheikh
Institutions
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UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)
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