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Northwest Africa 5657

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5657
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5657
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 400 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 27 Oct 2014

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Munich
Date:	P 2004
Mass (g):	400
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	25.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	M. Ivanova, Vernad, J. Popova (MSUR)
Type spec mass (g):	35.6
Type spec location:	Vernad.
Main mass:	Harald Stehlik
Comments:	Field name is STH 86; analyst N.N. Kononkova (Vernad); submitted by C. Lorenz

Institutions
and collections

MSUR: Department of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobjovy Gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia (institutional address; updated 1 Mar 2011)
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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