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Northwest Africa 303
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 303
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 303
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 158 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 388 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [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 9:
Origin or pseudonym:Algeria
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P Dec 2000
Mass (g):158
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):27.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.7
Classifier:S. V. Afanasiev (Vernad)
Type spec mass (g):39.2
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Bessey
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bessey: Dean Bessey ,P.O. Box 40810, Glenfield, Auckland 1310 , New Zealand; Website (private 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 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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