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Northwest Africa 2213
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2213
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2213
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 125 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  EL6
Recommended:  EL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 133 approved meteorites classified as EL6.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 72:
Place of purchase:Toronto, Canada
Mass (g):125
Pieces:1
Class:EL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.41 ± 0.17
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:ROM
Comments:Wo1.4±0.1, Diopside-Fs0.46±0.25,Wo46.2±0.1
Institutions
   and collections		 ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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