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Northwest Africa 2556
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2556
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2556
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 14 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [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):14
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):23
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5
Classifier:Bischoff A., Sokol A., Niemeier M., IfP
Type spec mass (g):4.5
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Anonymous
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Shock veins; submitted by Bischoff A.
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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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:Unknown.

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