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Northwest Africa 5923

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 5923
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5923
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 951 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 13 Feb 2015

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	P 2008
Mass (g):	950.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	16.9±10.6 (0.7-29, n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	11.4±7.2 (0.7-29, n=16)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.6±0.3 (0.1-0.8, n=16)
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	25.4
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Svend Buhl
Comments:	Composed of ~0.7 mm, sharply defined chondrules set into a brownish matrix of chondrule fragments, individual mineral grains and FeNi metal.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
John Lutzon

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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