Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4727

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Northwest Africa 4727

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4727
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4727
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 605 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 92	(2007)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 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 24 Jul 2007

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 2
  Line 132:

Place of purchase:	Agadir, Morocco
Date:	Mar-2006
Mass (g):	605
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S5
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.98±0.24
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.71±0.75
Magnetic suscept.:	4.44
Classifier:	M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):	57
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	Giessler
Comments:	Mostly individuals, some fragments; dark-light breccia; melt-filled veins

Institutions
and collections

MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)

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Photos:

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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