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Northwest Africa 6654
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6654
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6654
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 200 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 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 19 Jul 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1465:
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2011 Feb
Mass (g):200
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):24±0.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5±1.5
Classifier:K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g):21
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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Michael S. Scherman   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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