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Northwest Africa 2385
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2385
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2385
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 410 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.8
Recommended:  L3.8    [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as L3.8.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 226:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2004
Mass (g):410
Pieces:1
Class:L3.8
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):3.8-24.8
Classifier:Ted Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:NAU
Comments:metal-silicate symplectic
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Don Edwards   
Meteorites Australia   
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Gerald Armstrong   
jean bernard Delbauve   
Michel Girard   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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