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Northwest Africa 6814
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6814
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6814
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 111.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL 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):111.45
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):30.6±0.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7
Classifier:Alan Rubin
Type spec mass (g):23.28
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sean Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
Institutions
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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 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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