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Northwest Africa 5812
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5812
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5812
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1173 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 278:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/Algeria
Date:2001
Mass (g):1173
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.9-26.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):4.0-22.7
Magnetic suscept.:4.71
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Anonymous
Comments:Breccia
Institutions
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Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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