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Northwest Africa 11513
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11513
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11513
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.06 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8290 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2017
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Writeup from MB 106:

Northwest Africa 11513 (NWA 11513)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: A batch of identical stones was purchased by Ben Hoefnagels in 2016 from a Moroccan dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules (some well-formed) occur in a recrystallized matrix containing lightly stained metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa25.3-25.6, N = 2), orthopyroxene (Fs20.1-20.3Wo1.2-1.9, N = 2), subcalcic augite (Fs10.5Wo34.5), augite (Fs7.9Wo43.7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5).

Specimens: 21.55 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. B. Hoefnagels.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Guelmim
Date:P 2017
Mass (g):2057
Pieces:many
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):25.3-25.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1-20.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2-1.9
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.55
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:B. Hoefnagels
Comments:Work name BH117; 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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8495 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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