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Northwest Africa 7737
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7737
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7737
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 874 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 20 Feb 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2012
Mass (g):874
Pieces:6
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.9
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):30.0
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Tomek Jakubowski
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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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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