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Northwest Africa 2127
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2127
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2127
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 45 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec location:NAU* type specimen now at YPMNH. 9.7 g including one polished thin section at YPMNH; remainder with owner.
Comments:Work names 387 and H263, thin section PLK2
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 17:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2003
Mass (g):45
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2-4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):9.7
Type spec location:NAU*
Main mass:AHupé
Comments:Complex polmict breccia
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU*: Collection discontinued. Specimens redistributed as shown in individual meteorite records, United States (institutional address; updated 24 Jun 2024)
AHupé: Adam C. Hupé, 2807 China Cove, Laughlin, NV 89029, United States; Website (private address; updated 29 Jun 2013)
YPMNH: Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118 New Haven, CT 06520-8118 , United States; Website (institutional address; updated 30 Aug 2014)
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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John Lutzon   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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