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Northwest Africa 1151
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1151
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1151
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 126 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  LL5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 106:
Place of purchase:Tagounite
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):126
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26.4
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke (NA 0
Type spec mass (g):21.3
Type spec location:NAU
Main mass:buyer
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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