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Northwest Africa 100

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 100
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 100
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 7.14 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 55:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 17 Sep 2000
Mass (g):	7136
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.4
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	36
Main mass:	buyer

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Bernhard Rems
Don Edwards
Mark Bostick
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Bruno Caspirro
David L. Ribeca
Domjan Svilkovic
Gerald Armstrong
Jean-Michel Masson
Michael S. Scherman
Ryan Upchurch
The Wilcox Collection of Meteorites