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Northwest Africa 13329

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13329
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13329
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 360 g

Classification
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CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 642 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Comments:

Approved 3 Jul 2020

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13329 (NWA 13329)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 Jan

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: Purchased by Mark Lyon in January 2020 from a Moroccan dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Relatively small, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 300 ± 220 µm, N = 24) plus sparse mineral fragments and very fine grained AOA are set in a fine grained matrix (~25 vol.%, red-brown in thin section) containing accessory altered kamacite and troilite. No CAI were observed.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_34.5±30.8, range Fa_1.6-78.3, N = 8; Cr₂O₃ in ferroan rims 0.04-0.40 wt.%, N = 5), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs_0.7Wo_0.8; Fs_25.6Wo_1.7; N = 2), pigeonite (Fs_1.5Wo_5.1; 13.4Wo_5.4; Fs_5.8Wo_12.4; N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs_1.2±0.7Wo_37.3±1.6, range Fs_0.7-1.7Wo_36.2-38.4, N = 2), plagioclase (An_95.9Or_0.1).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3).

Specimens: 24.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. M. Lyon.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2020 Jan
Mass (g):	360
Pieces:	several
Class:	CO3
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	34.5±30.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.7; 25.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.8; 1.7
Classifier:	A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):	24.5
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	M. Lyon
Comments:	Work name Lyon20-3; 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)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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