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Northwest Africa 13148
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13148
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13148
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 151 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Eucrite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 509 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 17 Feb 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13148 (NWA 13148)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2019 Sep

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

Physical characteristics: One fusion crusted stone

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with ophitic texture. Minerals include dominant pyroxene and plagioclase (fractured, grain size about 1 mm), chromite, troilite, silica polymorph, Fe,Ni metal.

Geochemistry: Low Ca-pyroxene Fs61.0±1.8Wo3.7±1.8, FeO/MnO=32.2±1.2 (n=6). Plagioclase An89.3Ab10.2Or0.5 (n=2).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE, main mass with Kuntz

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Guelmin, Morocco
Date:P 2019 Sep
Mass (g):151
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite
Ferrosilite (mol%):61.0±1.8 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):3.7±1.8
Magnetic suscept.:3.42
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):22.10
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Comments:work name K444; 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)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7859 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1961 unapproved names)

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