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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 569 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: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |