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Northwest Africa 13708
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13708
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13708
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 520 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 507 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13708 (NWA 13708)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

Physical characteristics: A single crusted stone.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed well-defined chondrules with average apparent diameter 960±450 µm (n=30). Opaque are metal and sulfides.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa21.2±11.8, range Fa2.7-33, Cr2O3 = 0.14±0.16 (n=9). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs14.7±8.3Wo0.7±0.6 (n=7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Tindouf, Algeria
Date:P 2020 Apr
Mass (g):520
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):21.2±11.8 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.7±8.3 (n=7)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:3.14
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K499; 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., 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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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