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Northwest Africa 5465
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5465
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5465
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 1357 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  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 12 Feb 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 121:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:Jun-06
Mass (g):1357
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.1 +0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3+0.4
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):23.8
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:MFranco
Comments:Fresh crust
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
MFranco: Michel Franco (of Caillou Noir), 100 Chemin des Campenes 74400 Les Praz de Chamonix, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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