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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13618 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13618 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Morocco Mass:  48 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 41 approved meteorites classified as L~4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13618 (NWA 13618) Morocco Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~4) History: (Ziyao Wang) Purchased by Fangmei Wang from a Moroccan dealer at the China Mineral & Gem Show in Beijing City in Nov. 2019 Physical characteristics: (Ziyao Wang) Dark gray-yellow stone of 48 kg without fusion crust Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz) gray matrix with well-developed, darker gray to gray-black chondrules (0.3-2 mm, mean 0.7 mm), chondrule fragments and irregular metal and sulfide specks below 1 mm Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.56 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~4, W1) Specimens: 24.3 g on deposit at Kiel, Fangmei Wang holds the main mass, and 77 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) Beijing: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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