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Northwest Africa 13559
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13559
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13559
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 172 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 639 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 28 Nov 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13559 (NWA 13559)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Dark-brownish fragment without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a dark brownish to almost black interior and is predominantly composed of abundant chondrules (mean diameter about 200 μm), CAIs, and mineral fragments set into a fine-grained matrix. Olivine and low-Ca pyroxene in chondrules are highly unequilibrated; some chondrules and CAIs are surrounded by fine-grained dust rims. Some sulfides and FeNi metal are present in matrix and chondrules.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):172
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):13.5±17.1 (0.8-45.8, n=19)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.9±0.9 (1.2-4.6, n=13)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8±1.1 (1.0-4.4, n=13)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.7
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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