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Northwest Africa 2555

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 2555
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2555
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 36 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L4-6
Recommended:			L4-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 13 Dec 2014

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Dortmund/Germany
Date:	P 2004
Mass (g):	36
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.5
Classifier:	Bischoff A., Sokol A., Niemeier M., IfP
Type spec mass (g):	10.5
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	Anonymous
Finder:	Anonymous
Comments:	Shock veins; breccia w. fragments of various petrologic types; submitted by Bischoff A.

Institutions
and collections

IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

Coordinates:

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Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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