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Northwest Africa 2118
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2118
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2118
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 42 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L3.1
Recommended:  L3.1    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as L3.1.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 8:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2002
Mass (g):42
Pieces:1
Class:L3.1
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):2.7-29.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.4-24
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):9.6
Type spec location:NAU
Main mass:AHupé
Comments:Olivine, mean Cr,O3=0.48
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
AHupé: Adam C. Hupé, 2807 China Cove, Laughlin, NV 89029, United States; Website (private address; updated 29 Jun 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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