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Northwest Africa 13717

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13717
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13717
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 24.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Recommended:			Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 20 Mar 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13717 (NWA 13717)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 Oct

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

Physical characteristics: A single gray stone. Cut face reveals a dark interior with clasts.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Subrounded mineral clasts (olivine, pyroxene) set in a feldspathic glassy mesostasis. Metal and troilite are present.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_24.2±1.7, FeO/MnO = 94.1±15.9 (n=9). Pyroxene Fs_20.6±3.6Wo_8.3±6.5, FeO/MnO = 66.9±6.4 (n=5). Feldspathic mesostasis An_96.8±0.6Ab_3.0±0.5Or_0.2±0.1(n=4).

Classification: Achondrite (lunar feldspathic breccia)

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

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Zagora, Morocco
Date:	P 2020 Oct
Mass (g):	24.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2±1.7 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.6±3.6 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):	8.3±6.5
Magnetic suscept.:	3.76
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	5.59
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name K529; 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)

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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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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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