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Northwest Africa 5781
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5781
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5781
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1060 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  LL3.3
Recommended:  LL3.3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL3.3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 25 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 260:
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:2009
Mass (g):1060
Pieces:2
Class:LL3.3
Fayalite (mol%):6.2 to 38
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.4-26.6
Wollastonite (mol%):2
Classifier:Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):25.5
Type spec location:FM
Main mass:FM
Comments:Olivine Cr2O3 = 0.12-0.38 wt%
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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