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Northwest Africa 2342
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2342
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2342
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 64.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L5
Recommended:  L~5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 72 approved meteorites classified as L~5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2007
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 95:
Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):64.5
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W1/2
Magnetic suscept.:4.56
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bart
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:H. Grundmann
Institutions
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Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Grundmann: H. Grundmann, Berlin, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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