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Northwest Africa 13700
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13700
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13700
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 1460 g
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2021
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):1460
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):32.0 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.7 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9
Magnetic suscept.:3.11
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):22.0
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Jean Redelsperger
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name JR084. A single brown stone bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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