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Northwest Africa 7201
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7201
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7201
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 89 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 8 Mar 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1671:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2011 Jun 14
Mass (g):89
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.2±6.4 (PMD=29%)
Ferrosilite (mol%):10.9±5.1 (PMD=43%)
Wollastonite (mol%):0.4±0.2
Magnetic suscept.:4.74
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):18
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:P. Thomas
Comments:Mean apparent chondrule diameter is 600 µm. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine is 0.13±0.11 wt%.; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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