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Northwest Africa 4006
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 758 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  L4-imp melt clast
Recommended:  L4-melt rock    [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as L4-melt rock.
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2005
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 228:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):758.1
Pieces:3
Class:L4 Imc
Weathering grade:W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):22.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):9.8-20.3
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):23.6
Type spec location:MNB
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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