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Northwest Africa 3094
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3094
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3094
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 20 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 435:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:2003
Mass (g):20000
Pieces:many
Class:L6
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.6
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):31.7
Main mass:Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin
Comments:partly melted rock
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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