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Northwest Africa 6660
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6660
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6660
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1293 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 394 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Oct 2015
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):1292.5
Pieces:1 + 6 fragments
Class:LL4
Fayalite (mol%):28±1
Ferrosilite (mol%):21-29
Wollastonite (mol%):1
Magnetic suscept.:4.04
Classifier:A. Jambon, UPVI
Type spec mass (g):23.7
Type spec location:UPVI
Main mass:J. Redelsperger
Comments:Submitted by A. Jambon, UPVI
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UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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