Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3357

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Northwest Africa 3357

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3357
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3357
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1030 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 90	(2006)	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 3 Feb 2005

Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 210:

Place of purchase:	Sainte Marie
Date:	May 2000
Mass (g):	1030
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4-6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	22.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.5
Classifier:	Niemeier, Jording, and A. Bischoff
Type spec mass (g):	30
Type spec location:	Mun
Comments:	Updated 26 Jul 2007: shock veins, breccia, shock darkening

Institutions
and collections

Mun: 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. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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