Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 841

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Northwest Africa 841

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 841
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 841
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Morocco
Mass: 8.01 kg

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 49:

Origin or pseudonym:	-
Date:	5 Mar 2001
Latitude:	30°11.56'N
Longitude:	9°02.20'W
Mass (g):	8012
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.4
Classifier:	A. Greshake (MNB) and M. Kurz (Kurz)
Type spec mass (g):	22.6
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:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 12'N, 9° 2'W)
Recommended::	(30° 11' 34"N, 9° 2' 12"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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