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Northwest Africa 13702
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13702
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13702
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 34.5 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 205 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 20 Mar 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)

Morocco

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.

Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa34.1±0.1, NiO 0.55±0.07 wt% (n=4). Magnetite has 5.4 wt% Cr2O3.

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):34.5
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):34.1±0.1 (n=4)
Magnetic suscept.:4.54
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):7.0
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Jean Redelsperger
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name JR085; 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 29 Oct 2018)
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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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