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Northwest Africa 6855
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6855
     This is a PROVISIONAL name.
     It cannot be used in publications.
Abbreviation: NWA 6855
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 91 g
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Recommended:  Unknown    [explanation]

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Name: Northwest Africa 6855
Fieldname: GF 232
Origin/pseudonym:
Purchased: Morocco
Purchase or find date: 2011
Lat/long: ,
Mass: 91
Pieces: 1
Specimens: Main mass with Gary Fujihara, Hawaii, USA, Petrology by Ray Pickard, Bathur
Description: Chondrite L5 IMB
Info: Petrology, Ray Pickard, Bathurst Observatory Research Facility
Name assigned to: Ray Pickard
Date assigned: 2011-06-02
Assigned by: Caroline Smith
References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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