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Northwest Africa 15135
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15135
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15135
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Mali
Mass:help 3.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 418 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 23 Jul 2022
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 111:

Northwest Africa 15135 (NWA 15135)

Mali

Purchased: 2021 Oct

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: Purchased in Agadir, Morocco, by Aziz Habibi in October 2021.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Well-formed, relatively closely-packed unequilibrated chondrules (apparent diameter 1100±560 µm, N = 26) containing devitrified glass are set in a fine grained matrix containing altered kamacite, taenite, augite, chromite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa15.8±11.2, range Fa2.6-39.6, N = 13; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.02-0.19 wt.%, mean 0.10±0.06 wt.%, N = 17), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs11.2±7.8Wo1.1±1.1, range Fs2.5-26.6Wo0.2-3.7, N = 11), augite (Fs6.9±1.6Wo38.6±3.9, range Fs5.1-8.2Wo35.7-43.0, N = 3). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 3.85.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3).

Specimens: 22.1 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. A. Habibi.

Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Agadir
Date:P 2021 Oct
Mass (g):3500
Pieces:20
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):15.8±11.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.2±7.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±1.1
Magnetic suscept.:3.85
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:A. Habibi
Comments:Work name AH 721; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
BrownU: Brown University Providence, RI 02912, United States (institutional address; updated 7 Sep 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography:

Mali
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites from Mali (plus 1 unapproved name)

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