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Northwest Africa 13838
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13838
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13838
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 276 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 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 20 Mar 2021
Data from:
  MB110
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Place of purchase:Guelmin, Morocco
Date:P October 2020
Mass (g):275.8
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):25.0 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.3 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Magnetic suscept.:5.04
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21.07
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K511. Dark stone. Cut surface reveals a dark interior with metal. Pervasive shock-darkening.; 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)
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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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