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Northwest Africa 1652
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1652
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1652
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 68.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L-IM
Recommended:  L-imp melt    [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L-imp melt.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 214:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2002
Mass (g):68.3
Pieces:1
Class:L
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):14.40
Main mass:Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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