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Northwest Africa 5344
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5344
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5344
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 147.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Oct 2013
Data from:
  MB102
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2007
Mass (g):147.4
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.6±1.4 (22.5-28.3)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.6±1.2 (9.6-21.6)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Gerhard Schmidt
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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