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Northwest Africa 5479
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5479
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5479
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 40 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 19 Apr 2016
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2008
Mass (g):40
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):12.3±10.6 (1.6-39.1, n=31)
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.7±7.1 (1.6-21.3, n=26)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.6±0.2 (0.3-1.1, n=26)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):8.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Stefan Ralew
Comments:Well-defined chondrules of various petrological types ~0.6 mm in fine-grained matrix of chondrule and mineral fragments and FeNi metal.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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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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