Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 7849

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Northwest Africa 7849

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7849
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7849
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 950 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	L6-melt breccia
Recommended:			L6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 27 May 2013

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2012
Mass (g):	950
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6-melt breccia
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.5
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	27.4
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Tomasz Jakubowski
Comments:	chondritic clasts are of L6 type; submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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