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Northwest Africa 2020
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2020
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2020
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 94.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Jun 2005
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 61:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/Algeria
Place of purchase:Hamburg
Date:Feb 2002
Mass (g):94.2
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.7
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bart,
Type spec mass (g):20.5
Type spec location:Vernadsky Institute
Main mass:Flemming/Berlin
Institutions
   and collections		 Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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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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