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Northwest Africa 1048
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1048
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1048
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 35.8 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 100:
Place of purchase:E. Morocco
Date:P 17 Dec 2000
Mass (g):35.8
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):22.7 (22.1-24.1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4 peak 19
Classifier:J. Otto and A. Ruh (Frei)
Type spec mass (g):6
Type spec location:type specimens and thin sections, Frei
Main mass:S. Haberer
Comments:Wo: 0.8; purchased by S. Haberer
Institutions
   and collections		 Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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