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Northwest Africa 7505
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7505
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7505
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 45.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  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 26 Feb 2013
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2003
Mass (g):45.75
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.1-25.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.4-20.8; 7.4-7.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6-1.0; 45.4-45.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):16.6
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:P. Mani
Comments:PCM12-9; Sparse chondrules and relatively low content of altered metal; 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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, 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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