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Northwest Africa 13477

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13477
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13477
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 777 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

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 11 Nov 2020

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13477 (NWA 13477)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 Jun

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: Purchased by John Higgins in June 2020 from an Algerian dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Abundant well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 260±150 µm, N = 24) together with subordinate very fine grained CAI and mineral fragments are set in a relatively sparse fine grained matrix (~15 vol.%, orange-brown in thin section) containing troilite, kamacite and taenite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_21.7±17.1, range Fa_2.8-38.8, N = 4; Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.03-0.46 wt.%, mean 0.12±0.15 wt.%, N = 8), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs_16.6±0.2Wo_1.6±1.3, range Fs_16.4-16.6Wo_1.0-3.9, N = 5), clinopyroxene (Fs_7.8±0.6Wo_37.8±2.6, range Fs_7.3-8.5Wo_35.2-40.3, N = 3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3).

Specimens: 22.4 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Higgins.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Algeria
Date:	P 2020 Jun
Mass (g):	777
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	21.7±17.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±1.3
Classifier:	A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):	22.4
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	J. Higgins
Comments:	JH20-4; submitted by A. Irving

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:

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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