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Northwest Africa 2522
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2522
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2522
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 135.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  LL3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3.9
Recommended:  LL3.9    [explanation]

This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as LL3.9.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 310:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:1 Sep 2004
Mass (g):135.12
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):28.1±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.5±1.2
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):18.5
Main mass:Thomas
Comments:well-sep. opaque nodules, est. subtype 3.9
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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