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Northwest Africa 533
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 533
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 533
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 480 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3.4-3.5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  LL3.4/3.5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3.5
Recommended:  LL3.5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as LL3.5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 162:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P 2000?
Mass (g):480
Pieces:1
Class:LL3.4/3.5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W6
Fayalite (mol%):4.7-27.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.7-36.7
Classifier:M. Denise (MNHNP)
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Main mass:anonymous buyer
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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