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Northwest Africa 5819
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5819
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5819
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 147 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 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 285:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Mass (g):147
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.2-29.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.9-23.1
Magnetic suscept.:4.32
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.3
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Anon
Comments:Breccia, melt veins, maskelynite, ringwoodite
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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