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Northwest Africa 6549
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6549
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6549
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 229 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 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 14 Jan 2011
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Place of purchase:Los Angeles, CA
Date:P Jan 2008
Mass (g):228.7
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.3±0.6 (N=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:A. Rubin
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:S. Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by S. Tutorow
Institutions
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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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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