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Northwest Africa 5428
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5428
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5428
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1026 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as L5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Jan 2011
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2005
Mass (g):1026
Pieces:1
Class:L5-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3-4
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff
Type spec mass (g):32
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:anonymous owner
Comments:breccia, impact melt clasts; purchase date uncertain, 2005 or 2006.; submitted by Addi Bischoff
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. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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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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