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Northwest Africa 2152
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2152
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2152
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 226 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 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:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 96:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:Jan 2004
Mass (g):226
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):24.7
Main mass:JNMC
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
JNMC: jnmczurich, P.O. Box 208, CH-8155 Niederhasli, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 4 Feb 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Peter Marmet   
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1991 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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