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Northwest Africa 2547
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2547
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2547
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 287 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L3-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3-5
Recommended:  L3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 332:
Place of purchase:München
Date:P Nov 2003
Mass (g):287
Pieces:1
Class:L3-5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±10.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.5±9.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff, A. Sokol, M. Niemeier Mün
Type spec mass (g):23.1
Main mass:HSSH
Comments:sv, br
Institutions
   and collections		 HSSH: Hanno Strufe, Langenbergstr. 32, 66954 Pirmasens, Germany; Website (private address)
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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