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Northwest Africa 13748 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13748 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13748 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 500 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Feb 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 13748 (NWA 13748) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Dec Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Purchased in December 2019 by Ernesto Martin from a meteorite dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Single stone with dark-brown fusion crust. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Specimen is composed of chondrules (500±100 µm) set in a fine-grained matrix containing chromite, troilite, kamacite, and Fe-oxides. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa16.1±0.2, range Fa15.5-16.2, n=28), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs14.5±0.8Wo0.8±0.4, range Fs13.1-16.6Wo0.4-2.5, n=33). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Specimens: 20.7 g at UCLA, main mass with Ernesto Martin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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