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Northwest Africa 13751
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13751
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13751
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 210 g
Classification
  history:
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 21 Feb 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13751 (NWA 13751)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Purchased in 2018 by Noreddine Azelmat from a meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with dark-brown fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Specimen is composed of few chondrules (700±200 μm, n=2) set in a fine-grained matrix containing secondary recrystallized feldspar (25±10 μm), chromite, troilite, kamacite, and Fe-oxides.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.7±0.8, range Fa23.4-26.5, n=26), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs20.8±0.6Wo1.5±0.2, range Fs19.9-21.8Wo1.3-1.9, n=10).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5).

Specimens: 20.4 g at UCLA, main mass with Noreddine Azelmat.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2018
Mass (g):210
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.7±0.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8±0.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.2
Classifier:D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Noreddine Azelmat
Comments:Submitted by Daniel Sheikh
Institutions
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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)
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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Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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