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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13339 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13339 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  471 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 452 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 14 Jun 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13339 (NWA 13339) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2019 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Layoune, West Sahara. Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock without fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with well defined, mostly flattened and closely packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.9 mm) in a more fine-grained brownish matrix that contains sulfides and rare FeNi metal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||