Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3345

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Northwest Africa 3345

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3345
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3345
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 2.1 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	L3-6
Recommended:			L3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 23 Apr 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 3345 (NWA 3345)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2003

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3-6)

Physical characteristics: Shock veins, breccia; only few unequilibrated components.

Classification: Compositions: Olivine Fa_23.5±1.2(N = 10) and pyroxene Fs_18±4.5(N = 13). The olivine composition of the unequilibrated, type 3 portions, analyzed separately, is Fa_17±5(range: Fa_12-27; N = 10).

Specimens: Ordinary chondrite breccia L3-6, containing fragments of various petrologic types.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Date:	P 2003
Mass (g):	2100
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):	23.5±1.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18±4.5
Classifier:	Bischoff A., Sokol A., Niemeier M., IfP
Type spec mass (g):	48
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	Anonymous
Finder:	Anonymous
Comments:	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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/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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