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Northwest Africa 13605
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13605
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13605
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 76.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 18 Sep 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Morocco
Place of purchase:Bologna Mineral Fair
Date:2015
Mass (g):76.8
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.5±0.5 (N=21)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.3±0.3 (N=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2±0.2
Classifier:V. Moggi Cecchi, L. Fabrizi, MSN-FI
Type spec mass (g):27.3
Type spec location:MSN-FI
Main mass:Lucian Cojocaru
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Provisional name NWA 13605; Inventory # I-3621; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
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MSN-FI: Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola”, Sez. Mineralogia – Sistema Museale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze Via Giorgio La Pira, 4 – 50121 Firenze, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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