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Northwest Africa 13490

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13490
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13490
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 299 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2021)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 653 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 14 Nov 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13490 (NWA 13490)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 Oct

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with small chondrules (average apparent diameter ~200 µm) and small CAIs set in abundant matrix (~30 vol%). Opaque minerals are metal, troilite and magnetite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_24.9±13.9, Fa PMD 49% (n=14). Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine 0.11±0.10 wt% (n=11). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_4.3±1.2Wo_1.5±0.0(n=3).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Estimated subtype 3.2-3.5 based on Fa PMD and Cr₂O₃ content of ferroan olivine.

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):	299.4
Pieces:	1
Class:	CO3
Weathering grade:	high
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9±13.9 (n=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	4.3±1.2 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±0.0
Magnetic suscept.:	4.81
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	22
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K465; 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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Bullock E., Chennaoui Aoudjehane H., Debaille V., D’Orazio M., Komatsu M., Miao B. and Schrader D. L. (2021) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 109. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56, 1626–1630.

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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