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Northwest Africa 5814
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5814
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5814
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 995 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L/LL3-5
Recommended:  L/LL3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 280:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:February 2006
Mass (g):995
Pieces:1
Class:L/LL3-5
Shock stage:S 2/4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.4-33.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6-22.8
Magnetic suscept.:4.84
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.0
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Wengert
Comments:Genomict breccia
Institutions
   and collections		 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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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