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Northwest Africa 13156
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13156
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13156
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 184 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CK6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites classified as CK6.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 17 Feb 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13156 (NWA 13156)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 Sept

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with abundant Cr-magnetite, accessory sulfides. Plagioclase average size is >50 μm.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa32.9±1.0, NiO=0.68 wt% (n=3). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs25.9Wo2.9 (n=2). Plagioclase An30.7Ab66.6Or2.7. Magnetite has 3.9 wt% Cr2O3.

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK6)

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE, main mass with Labenne

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2019 Sept
Mass (g):184
Pieces:1
Class:CK6
Fayalite (mol%):32.9±1.2 (n=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.9 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.51
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Labenne
Comments:work name LL88/LAB031219b; 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)
Labenne: 23, rue de Esperance, 75013 Paris, France; Website (private address; updated 29 Aug 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9092 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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