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Northwest Africa 7421
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7421
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7421
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 78.7 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  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 14 Sep 2013
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Place of purchase:Agadir
Date:P 2012 Feb
Mass (g):78.7
Pieces:1
Class:L~6
Weathering grade:W2
Magnetic suscept.:4,98
Classifier:Bart
Type spec mass (g):15.8
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:A. Koppelt
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
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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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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