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Northwest Africa 6811
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6811
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6811
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 1158 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 17 May 2011
Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:desert
Place of purchase:Los Angeles
Date:2010
Mass (g):1158.2
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.3±0.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:Alan Rubin
Type spec mass (g):40.19
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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