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Northwest Africa 4342
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4342
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4342
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 122 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2007
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 307:
Place of purchase:Zagorra, Morocco
Date:2002
Mass (g):122
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.4
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Stehlik
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)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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