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Northwest Africa 733
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 733
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 733
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 319 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 8890 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 196:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:Jan 1999
Latitude:32°20'N
Longitude:3°30'W
Mass (g):319
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):22-25
Ferrosilite (mol%):19-22
Classifier:T. Mikouchi (UTok)
Type spec mass (g):30.8
Comments:An10-11; CPX: Fs6-10Wo44-46
Institutions
   and collections
UTok: University Museum, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan (institutional address; updated 3 Oct 2021)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 20'N, 3° 30'W)
     Recommended::   (32° 20'N, 3° 30'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Oriental, Morocco
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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