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Northwest Africa 6907
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6907
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6907
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 240 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 20 Dec 2012
Data from:
  MB101
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Place of purchase:Hamburg
Date:P 2006
Mass (g):240
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29
Ferrosilite (mol%):23
Classifier:M. Matthes and A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):24
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Field name: SWe-4; breccia, contains impact melt clasts; submitted by A. Bischoff
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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