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Northwest Africa 5816
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5816
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5816
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 70.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 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 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 282:
Origin or pseudonym:Algeria
Date:July 2006
Mass (g):70.1
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.0-27.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7-24.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.61
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):16.3
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Bart
Comments:Impact melt veins, ringwoodite, maskelynite
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)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1358 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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