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Northwest Africa 7373

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7373
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7373
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 193.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	L~6
Recommended:			L~6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L~6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 17 Aug 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 7373 (NWA 7373)

(Northwest Africa)

Found: 2011

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L~6)

Physical characteristics: nearly complete crusted 193.8 g individual with magnetic suszeptibility of 4.98.

Petrography: Light gray recrystallized matrix with various types of light chondrules up to 3 mm. Metal grains show rusty halos.

Data from:
  MB101
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Place of purchase:	Agadir
Date:	2011
Mass (g):	193.8
Pieces:	1
Class:	L~6
Weathering grade:	W0/1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.98
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz, Bart
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Bart
Finder:	anonymous
Comments:	individual; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz

Institutions
and collections

Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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