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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 13461 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 13461 Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  1870 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 1 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13461 (NWA 13461) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: August, 2020 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5-6) History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Morocco. Physical characteristics: Two brownish to orange fragments with patches of black fusion crust. Petrography: The meteorite is a strongly altered chondritic breccia composed of LL6 type clasts (plagioclase grain size about 80 μm) set into LL5 type matrix (plagioclase grain size about 40 μm). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||