Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 13799

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Northwest Africa 13799

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13799
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13799
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass: 90.6 g

Classification
history:

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H~4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as H~4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 20 Mar 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13799 (NWA 13799) ~31°05’N, ~3°57’W

Centre-South, Morocco

Find: 2010

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4)

History: Discovered by Ait Kabboura Imad close to Merdane in 2010

Physical characteristics: One broken black-brown individual of 90.6 g with about 80% fusion crust

Petrography: distinct chondrules of 0.2-1.2 mm (av. 0.6 mm) set in a brown matrix with black cloudy areas

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.78

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4, W3)

Specimens: 19.7 g on deposit at Kiel, Ait Kabboura Imad (Liege/B) holds the main mass, and 19 g with Bart.

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State/Prov/County:	Centre-South
Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2010
Latitude:	~31°05'N
Longitude:	~3°57'W
Mass (g):	90.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~4
Weathering grade:	W3
Magnetic suscept.:	4.78
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	19.7
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ait Kabboura Imad, Liege/B
Finder:	Ait Kabboura Imad
Comments:	working name AKI010; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(31° 5'N, 3° 57'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites from Centre-South, Morocco (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1847 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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