Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 5395

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Northwest Africa 5395

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5395
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5395
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 123 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	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 11 Jun 2012

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1243:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	P 2006
Mass (g):	123
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	23.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.8
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	20.2
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	F. Kuntz
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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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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