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Northwest Africa 6778
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6778
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6778
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 349 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Sep 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Saguia el Hamra
Origin or pseudonym:Near Amgala, between Zemmour and Hamada
Date:2003
Latitude:26°15'N
Longitude:11°25'W
Mass (g):349
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.6±1.3 (N=39)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.4±0.9 (N=23)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.3 (N=23)
Magnetic suscept.:4.27
Classifier:W. De Vos
Type spec mass (g):349
Type spec location:RBINS
Main mass:RBINS
Comments:Submitted by Walter De Vos
Institutions
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RBINS: Marleen De Ceukelaire Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29 - 1000 Brussels, Belgium (institutional address; updated 15 Jul 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 15'N, 11° 25'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)
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