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Northwest Africa 6681
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6681
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6681
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 150 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL5/6
Recommended:  LL5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as LL5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 22 Nov 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1477:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2010
Mass (g):150
Pieces:1
Class:LL5/6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):30
Ferrosilite (mol%):24
Wollastonite (mol%):4.0
Classifier:Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Giovanni Pratesi, Stefano Caporali, MSP
Type spec mass (g):21.5
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:Unknown
Comments:+ 1 PTS + 1 Block, MSP5147; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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