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Northwest Africa 7069
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7069
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7069
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 882 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  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 1 Apr 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1598:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):882
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):26.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:M. Graul
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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