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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13627 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13627 Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  51 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 694 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13627 (NWA 13627) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2020 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark-brownish fragment without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well separated mostly rounded chondrules (apparent mean diameter about 0.4 mm) in a fine-grained dark matrix that contains sulfides and abundant FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||