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Northwest Africa 5911
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5911
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5911
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 101.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 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 13 Feb 2015
Data from:
  MB104
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):101.45
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Mr. André Knoefel, Am Observatorium 2, 15848 Lindenberg, Germany
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 25 µm; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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