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Northwest Africa 7147
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7147
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7147
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 12.92 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 14 Nov 2013
Data from:
  MB102
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2011
Mass (g):12918
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):28.4±4
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.6±3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4-1.7
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):21.0
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:Aaronson
Comments:Submitted by Wittke
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1991 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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