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Northwest Africa 7391
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7391
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7391
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 640 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Sep 2012
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Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 7391 (NWA 7391)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2003

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Petrography: Purchased by Philip Mani from Greg Hupé. Sparse chondrules and relatively low content of altered metal. Olivine (Fa25.1-25.5), orthopyroxene (Fs20.5-21.7Wo1.6-1.7), clinopyroxene (Fs6.9-7.8Wo45.6-44.6). Ordinary chondrite (L5).

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Florida
Date:P 2003
Mass (g):640
Pieces:3
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.1-25.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5-21.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6-1.7
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):55
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:P. Mani
Comments:PCM12-4; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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