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Northwest Africa 13560
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13560
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13560
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.92 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 12 Nov 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13560 (NWA 13560)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

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

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish fragment with some fusion crust.

Petrography: The plagioclase grain size is about 30 µm.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):2920
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4±0.1 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.3±0.2 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.1 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.9
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Naji Ben Faraji
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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