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Northwest Africa 13434
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13434
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13434
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 123.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  Eucrite-melt breccia
Recommended:  Eucrite-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 2 Nov 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13434 (NWA 13434)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020 February

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, melt breccia)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a Morrocan dealer at the mineral show in Munich, Germany.

Physical characteristics: Dark grayish rock without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a melt breccia predominantly composed of large up to 700 µm sized exsolved pyroxene grains set into a feldspar-dominated matrix. Pyroxenes are partly to completely recrystallized and often display mottled compositional zoning. In recrystallized regions feldspar typically shows fibrous textures indicative for crystallization from a melt. No lithic clasts have been found. Minor phases include silica, chromite, FeS, and zircon. No metallic iron has been found. Some regions show brownish staining due to terrestrial weathering; secondary barite is present.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs57.6±1.8Wo4.1±1.6 (Fs55.0-60.4Wo1.9-6.6, n=17, FeO/MnO=27-31); Ca-pyroxene: Fs25.6±0.6Wo43.7±0.6 (Fs24.9-27.2Wo41.6-44.4, n=18, FeO/MnO=26-34); calcic plagioclase: An93.0±0.7 (An91.8-94.2, n=14)

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2020 February
Mass (g):123.7
Pieces:1
Class:Eucrite-melt breccia
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%):57.6; 25.6
Wollastonite (mol%):4.1; 43.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.7
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Ryan Upchurch   
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Ansgar Greshake      
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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