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Northwest Africa 5070
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5070
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5070
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 136 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  LL4-5
Recommended:  LL4-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL4-5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 17:
State/Prov/County:Munich
Date:Nov-2006
Mass (g):136
Pieces:1
Class:LL4-5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):29
Ferrosilite (mol%):24
Classifier:A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Anon
Comments:Sv, Br; IM-clasts
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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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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