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Northwest Africa 13840
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13840
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13840
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 253 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2954 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 20 Mar 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P September 2020
Mass (g):253.0
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):31.8 (n=2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.4±0.7 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:3.96
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21.10
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K526. Light gray stone. Cut surface reveals a dark interior with metal. Highly recrystallized chondrite. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.; 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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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