Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 7073

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Northwest Africa 7073

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7073
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7073
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1575 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 13099 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [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 1602:

Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P 2011
Mass (g):	1575
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.7
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	23.6
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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael S. Scherman
The Wilcox Collection of Meteorites

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9933 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1837 unapproved names)

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