NWA 13013 (7,705 g)

Northwest Africa 13013 (NWA 13013)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock without fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with sharply defined, partly flattened and loosely packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.9 mm) in a more fine-grained brownish matrix that contains sulfides and rare FeNi metal.
 
	
		
			
Place of purchase:
			
Erfoud, Morocco
		
		
			
Date:
			
P 2019
		
		
			
Mass (g):
			
31.8
		
		
			
Pieces:
			
1
		
		
			
Class:
			
LL3
		
		
			
Shock stage:
			
S2
		
		
			
Weathering grade:
			
W2
		
		
			
Fayalite (mol%):
			
15.2±9.6 (5.2-32.3, n=19)
		
		
			
Ferrosilite (mol%):
			
10.5±7.0 (2.0-19.1, n=14)
		
		
			
Wollastonite (mol%):
			
1.7±1.2 (0.3-4.6, n=14)
		
		
			
Magnetic suscept.:
			
4.07
		
		
			
Classifier:
			
A. Greshake, MNB
		
		
			
Type spec mass (g):
			
7.4
		
		
			
Type spec location:
			
MNB
		
		
			
Main mass:
			
Hanno Strufe
		
		
			
Comments:
			
Submitted by Ansgar Greshake