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Northwest Africa 6641
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6641
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6641
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1600 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 13053 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 19 Jul 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1453:
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2011 Feb
Mass (g):1600
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±0.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5±0.5
Classifier:K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:M. Cottingham
Comments:Submitted by K. Metzler
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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