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Northwest Africa 6513
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6513
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6513
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 4.06 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 Jan 2011
Data from:
  MB99
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2009
Mass (g):4055
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Wollastonite (mol%):0.4-2
Classifier:Arya Udry
Type spec mass (g):4050
Type spec location:A total mass of 4055 g and 1 thin section at UTenn, L.A. Taylor holds the main mass
Main mass:UTenn
Comments:Submitted by Lawrence A. Taylor
Institutions
   and collections		 UTenn: Planetary Geosciences Institute, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, United States (institutional address; updated 1 Nov 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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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