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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13850 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13850 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  856 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Mar 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 13850 (NWA 13850) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: January, 2021 Classification: Ureilite History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Dark-grayish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a coarse-grained cumulate texture of olivine and pigeonite grains up to 2.5 mm in sizes. Olivine and pyroxene display characteristic reduced rims and the meteorite contains flaky graphite. Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa3.5-4.6; olivine contains 0.82±0.04 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.42±0.01 wt% CaO; reduced rims in pyroxene: Fs6.4-7.6Wo7.5-8.5; pigeonite contains 1.10±0.03 wt% Cr2O3 and 0.31±0.01 wt% Al2O3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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