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Northwest Africa 13798

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 13798
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13798
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass: 202 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

L~3-6 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L~3-6.
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 20 Mar 2021

Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Northwest Africa 13798 (NWA 13798) ~31°05’N, ~3°57’W

Centre-South, Morocco

Find: 2010

Classification: L~3-6

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

Physical characteristics: One 201.6 g brown stone

Petrography: host rock of light gray matrix with distinct chondrules (0.3-1.2 mm) bears fragments of dark gray matrix with excellent outlined chondrules (0.3-0.9 mm) and light brown matrix with Indistinct chondrules

Geochemistry: Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10^-9 m³/kg) = 4.58

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~3-6, W1)

Specimens: 21.0 g on deposit at Kiel, Ait Kabboura Imad (Liege/B) holds the main mass, and 15 g with Bart.

Data from:
  MB110
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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):	201.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~3-6
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.58
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.0
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Ait Kabboura Imad, Liege/B
Finder:	Ait Kabboura Imad
Comments:	working name AKI009; 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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4

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Geography:

Morocco

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

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites from Centre-South, Morocco (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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