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Northwest Africa 7648
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7648
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7648
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 145 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 394 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL 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:Taliouine
Date:P 2012 Jan
Mass (g):145
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):30.1-30.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.0-24.4; 9.1-9.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8; 44.3-44.5
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:J. Higgins
Comments:JH13-1; Relatively large, well-formed chondrules.; 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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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