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Northwest Africa 3300
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3300
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3300
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 74.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  LL melt rock
Recommended:  LL-melt rock    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites classified as LL-melt rock.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 153:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:May 2007
Mass (g):74.3
Pieces:1
Class:LL melt rock
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):31.3-34.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.2-28.1
Magnetic suscept.:3.79
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Made, Kiel; O-isotopes: I. A. Franchi and R. C. Greenwood, OU
Type spec mass (g):14.9
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Bart
Comments:An10-11Or3-5; d17O = 3.81, d18O = 4.56
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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