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Northwest Africa 7417
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7417
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7417
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 37 kg
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 14 Sep 2013
Data from:
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Date:P 2012
Mass (g):37000
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.0 (24.3-25.9, n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8 (20.7-20.9, n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4 (1.3-1.5)
Magnetic suscept.:4.26
Classifier:Bart
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:SBuhl
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Recrystallized matrix with chondrules up to 0.5 mm. Diopside: Fs9En47Wo44. Feldspar: An11Or6.; 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)
SBuhl: Meteorite Recon (Mr. S Buhl), Muehlendamm 86, 22087 Hamburg, Germany (private address; updated 14 May 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 221 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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