Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 1886

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Northwest Africa 1886

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 1886
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1886
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 53 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2902 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 53:

Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2002
Mass (g):	53
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	28.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24.1
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):	12
Comments:	br

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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