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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13796 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13796 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Morocco Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as H~6. [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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 13796 (NWA 13796) ~31°05’N, ~3°57’W Centre-South, Morocco Find: 2010 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6) History: Discovered by Ait Kabboura Imad close to Merdane in 2010 Physical characteristics: One 352 g brown stone Petrography: Indistinct chondrules set in a recrystallized gray-brown matrix with traces of metal and sulfide, cracks are filled with iron-oxide/-hydroxide Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.92 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H~6, W4) Specimens: 22.4 g on deposit at Kiel, Ait Kabboura Imad (Liege/B) holds the main mass, and 42 g with Bart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites from Centre-South, Morocco (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1837 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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