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Northwest Africa 7446
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7446
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7446
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 270 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 15 Sep 2012
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Bologna Mineral Show
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):270.00
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):29.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Giovanni Pratesi, Stefano Caporali, MSP
Type spec mass (g):21.09
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:OAM
Comments:Inv. # MSP 5198; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012)
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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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