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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13706 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13706 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites classified as CVred3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 20 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 13706 (NWA 13706) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Oct Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVred3) Physical characteristics: Cut face reveals large chondrules and CAIs set in a dark matrix. Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with large chondrules (average apparent diameter ~1 mm) and CAIs set in an abundant fine-grained iron-rich matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa8.4±11.7, range Fa0.3-39.1 (n=13), Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.19±0.09 (n=5). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs1.1±0.2Wo2.1±1.6 (n=3). Sulfides are Ni free. Defocused analyses of the matrix FeO 39.1 wt%, analytical total 97.1 wt%. Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CVred3). Reduced group based on the absence of Ni in sulfides. Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names) |