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Northwest Africa 836

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 836
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 836
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 3.66 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	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:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 44:

Origin or pseudonym:	Mahbes
Date:	27 Nov 2000
Latitude:	27°23.30'N
Longitude:	9°01.04'W
Mass (g):	3660
Pieces:	41
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.0
Classifier:	A. Greshake (MNB) and M. Kurz (Kurz)
Type spec mass (g):	25.2
Type spec location:	MNB

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Western Sahara

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(27° 23'N, 9° 1'W)
Recommended::	(27° 23' 18"N, 9° 1' 2"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)

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