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Northwest Africa 535
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 535
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 535
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 870 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 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:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 164:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P 2000?
Mass (g):870
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Fayalite (mol%):24.8
Classifier:Ph. Gillet (ENSL) and A. Jambon (UPVI)
Type spec mass (g):23
Main mass:anonymous buyer
Institutions
   and collections		 ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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