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Northwest Africa 5714
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5714
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5714
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 106.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 17 Sep 2010
Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:Tirsa
Mass (g):106.3
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):24.13±0,28
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.8±0
Classifier:Silvia Hernandez Fernandez, ULL; Dr.Jesus Martinez Frias, CSIC-INTA; Dr. Rosario Lunar Hernandez, UCM and Dr. Jose Antonio Rodriguez Losada, ULL
Type spec mass (g):106.3
Type spec location:MCNT
Main mass:MCNT
Comments:Classifier is a Ph.D student associated with ULL, CSIC-INTA ad OAMCT.; submitted by Silvia Hernandez Fernandez
Institutions
   and collections
MCNT: Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología. Fuente Morales, 1. 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, Spain), Spain; Website (institutional address; updated 3 Feb 2024)
CSIC-INTA: Centro de Astrobiologiá, Spain (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
OAMCT: Organismo Autonomo de Museos y Centros, Cabildo of Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain (institutional address; updated 24 May 2010)
UCM: Fac. Ciencias Geologicas, Dpto. Petrologia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (institutional address)
ULL: Universities of La Laguna, Tenerife and Complutense, Madrid, Spain (institutional address; updated 17 Sep 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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