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Northwest Africa 13502

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13502
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13502
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 388 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 2 Nov 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13502 (NWA 13502)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized ordinary chondrite. Plagioclase up to 150 μm. Chromite to 100 µm.

Geochemistry: Plagioclase An_12.7Ab_79.9Or_7.5(n=1). Chromite Cr# 0.86.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Zagora, Morocco
Date:	P 2019 Oct
Mass (g):	387.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	19.6 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.3 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3
Magnetic suscept.:	5.37
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K466; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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