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Northwest Africa 13761
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13761
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13761
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 162.2 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 20 Mar 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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Date:2017 Sep
Mass (g):162.2
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:4.72
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):20.9
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Lucian Cojocaru
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name LC18. Highly recrystallized chondrite with only relict chondrules. Plagioclase to 300 µm.; 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)
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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:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 221 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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