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Northwest Africa 7070
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7070
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7070
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1142 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 16 May 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1599:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):1142
Pieces:19
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1/2
Fayalite (mol%):21.9 (12.2-30.5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.4 (9.5-25.6)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):30.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:M. Graul
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 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.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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