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Northwest Africa 5077
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5077
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5077
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 160 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  L4-6
Recommended:  L4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 24:
State/Prov/County:Sainte Marie
Date:Jun-2007
Mass (g):160
Pieces:1
Class:L4-6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):24
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Anon
Comments:Sv, Br
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.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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