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Northwest Africa 15160
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15160
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15160
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 263 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 802 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 29 Jan 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 15160 (NWA 15160)

Algeria

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Found in 2021 in Algeria, in the Tindouf area. Bought by Isabelle Pothier from Yunès Chaoui in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark stone. Cut surface reveals gray chondrules set in a darker matrix.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with ~700 µm packed chondrules. Opaque minerals are Fe,Ni metal and troilite, mostly as compound rounded grains about 250 µm in size.

Geochemistry: Olivine 19.7±4.4, range Fa8.3-23.1, Cr2O3 0.13±0.18 wt% (n=13). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs9.7±6.0Wo1.1±1.1 (n=6).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Isabelle Pothier.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2021
Mass (g):262.7
Pieces:3
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):19.7±4.4 (n=13)
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.7±6.0 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±1.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.76
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21.8
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Isabelle Pothier
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name CM124; 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 29 Oct 2018)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1270 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 29 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)

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