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Northwest Africa 7519
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7519
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7519
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.03 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2024 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Nov 2012
Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Origin or pseudonym:Sahara
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:2011
Mass (g):2028
Pieces:14
Class:L4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±1.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.7±0.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6±0.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.75
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):22.8
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:F. Beroud
Comments:Breccia with shock-darkened cm-sized clasts.; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Beroud: F. Beroud, Chatel-Guyon, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Paulo Anselmo Matioli (JN Science Museum)   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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