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Northwest Africa 6287
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6287
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6287
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 4.43 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3295 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Sep 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1328:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Place of purchase:Taliouine
Date:P 2010 June
Mass (g):4426
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):27.0-27.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.6-22.8; 7.5-8.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4-1.6; 47.4-45.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):79
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:J. Higgins
Comments:JH10-14; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
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UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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