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Northwest Africa 3153
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3153
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3153
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 442 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12313 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 1 Sep 2006
Revised 10 Apr 2007: Fixed incorrect find year
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 149:
Date:2005 Apr
Mass (g):442
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):23-25
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):10
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:G. Hupé
Comments:Opx, Cpx Na-K-Ca feldspar, troilite,kamacite, taenite, and merrillite
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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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 9092 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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