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Northwest Africa 537
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 537
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 537
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 35 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4-6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  LL4/6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4/6
Recommended:  LL4/6    [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as LL4/6.
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 166:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P 2000?
Mass (g):35
Pieces:1
Class:LL4/6
Fayalite (mol%):26.6
Classifier:Ph. Gillet (ENSL) and A. Jambon (UPVI)
Type spec mass (g):4
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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