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Northwest Africa 7710
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7710
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7710
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 211 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  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 6 Feb 2013
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauretania
Date:2012
Mass (g):211
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):27.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.3
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):40.4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:A. Gren, Hamburg
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Gren: Andreas Gren, Hamburg, Germany (private address)
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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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