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Northwest Africa 13760

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13760
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13760
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 36.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 110	(2022)	Iron
Recommended:			Iron [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 25 Apr 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13760 (NWA 13760)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: March 2020

Classification: Iron meteorite

History: Collected by an anonymous finder in the Sahara. Bought in Tindouf, Algeria.

Physical characteristics: A single dark piece.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The meteorite is made of 73 vol% Fe,Ni metal (kamacite, and plessite), and 27 vol% troilite in the form of convoluted connected grains, sometimes enclosing metal. Schreibersite is found adjacent to troilite. Other minerals: chromite (to 200 µm), phosphate (to 100 µm).

Geochemistry: Kamacite Fe93.7Ni7.50Co0.79 (wt%, n=4). Taenite Fe68.7Ni32.8Co0.26 (wt%, n=1). Phosphate: P₂O₅ 39.6, FeO 36.4, Na₂O 9.3, MgO 6.2, K₂O 4.6, MnO 4.0 (wt%, n=1).

Classification: Iron. Reminiscent of other sulfide-rich iron meteorites such as Northwest Africa 8480 and Sahara 03505.

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

Data from:
  MB110
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Place of purchase:	Tindouf, Algeria
Date:	P March 2020
Mass (g):	36.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	Iron
Weathering grade:	low
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	7.96
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	work name K513; 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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Public domain photographs:
Jerome Gattacceca

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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