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Northwest Africa 4461
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4461
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4461
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 111.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [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 336:
Place of purchase:Eastern Morocco
Date:2005 Feb
Mass (g):111.1
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):22.6 ± 0.3
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):20.6
Type spec location:UCLA
Comments:Samples purchased from D. Bessey Feb-05
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Bessey: Dean Bessey ,P.O. Box 40810, Glenfield, Auckland 1310 , New Zealand; Website (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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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