Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 13813

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Northwest Africa 13813

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13813
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13813
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass: 15.3 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 13813 (NWA 13813) ~31°15’N, ~4°30’W

Morocco

Find: 2015

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4)

History: Discovered by Ait Kabboura Imad close to Taguerount in 2015

Physical characteristics: One brown fragment with some fusion crust of 15.3 g

Petrography: distinct chondrules of 0.1-2 mm (av. 0.5 mm) set in a brown to dark gray matrix with metal and sulfide specks

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.98

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~4, W1)

Specimens: 3.9 g on deposit at Kiel, Ait Kabboura Imad (Liege/B) holds the main mass, and 1.9 g with Bart.

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Origin or pseudonym:	desert
Date:	2015
Latitude:	~31°15'N
Longitude:	~4°30'W
Mass (g):	15.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	H~4
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.98
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	3.9
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ait Kabboura Imad, Liege/B
Finder:	Ait Kabboura Imad
Comments:	working name AKI027; 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° 15'N, 4° 30'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1847 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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