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Northwest Africa 7075
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7075
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7075
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.82 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 862 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 1604:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):2815
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):14.7 (4.4-24.7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8 (6.1-44.7)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):34.8
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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