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Northwest Africa 5692
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5692
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5692
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 62.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2954 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Nov 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Besancon, France
Date:P 2008
Mass (g):62.8
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):27.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.7
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):13.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Fabien 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. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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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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