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Northwest Africa 6117
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6117
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6117
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 1750 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2010
Data from:
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Date:P 2002
Mass (g):1750
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25-26
Ferrosilite (mol%):22-23
Classifier:Catherine Caillet Komorowski, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):275.5
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:Information is print only
Comments:Large fragment with crust. Brought to Thierry Tréhour in 2002.; submitted by Catherine Caillet
Institutions
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MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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