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Northwest Africa 751
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 751
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 751
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 386 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 29:
Origin or pseudonym:Lahmada
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):385.5
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.5
Classifier:A. Sokol and A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:Mün
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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