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Northwest Africa 6339
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6339
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6339
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 176.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  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 12 Apr 2011
Data from:
  MB99
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Place of purchase:Los Angeles
Date:P 2002
Mass (g):176.1
Pieces:7
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.9 ± 0.5 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4 (n=4)
Classifier:Alan Rubin UCLA
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by S. Tutorow
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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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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Coordinates:Unknown.

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