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Northwest Africa 1153
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1153
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1153
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 50 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  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)
Comments: Approved 14 Apr 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1152:
Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 1999
Mass (g):50
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3
Classifier:Ansgar Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):11.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:H. Stehlik
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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