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Northwest Africa 13697
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13697
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13697
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 8.29 kg
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Date:2019
Mass (g):8290
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):26.0 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.4 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Magnetic suscept.:4.50
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):315
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Mehdi Zarrabi
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name MZAA04b; Shock-darkened chondrite with abundant opaque veins and µm-size opaque grains (metal and troilite) within silicates.; 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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