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Northwest Africa 175
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 175
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 175
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 74 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8584 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 5:
Origin or pseudonym:Anbdur
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):74
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3
Classifier:S. Afanasiev, Vernad, analyzed by N. Kononkova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):25
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9042 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1870 unapproved names)

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