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Northwest Africa 3062
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3062
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3062
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 88.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  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:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 410:
Origin or pseudonym:Tagounite
Date:2002
Mass (g):88.9
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Main mass:C. Anger, Austria
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Anger: Christian Anger, Korngasse 6, 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria; Website (private address)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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