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Northwest Africa 4352
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4352
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4352
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 5.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L4/5
Recommended:  L4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4/5.   [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 315:
Place of purchase:Efround, Morocco
Date:2002
Mass (g):5500
Pieces:1
Class:L4/5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.5-21.8
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.6
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. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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