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Northwest Africa 7341
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7341
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7341
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 56 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Feb 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:St. Marie
Date:P June 2011
Mass (g):56
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU; P. Sipiera, PSF
Type spec mass (g):14.25
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:unknown
Comments:Submitted by Sipiera
Institutions
   and collections		 PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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