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Northwest Africa 8008
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1639 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 28 Aug 2013
Data from:
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Date:2009
Mass (g):1639
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):24.6±0.9 (n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8 (n=15)
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):60
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:JTobin
Comments:Single weathered 1639 g stone with a dark black exterior, no fusion crust remains. Little metal remains in the dark matrix of the stone. 1569 g mass held by JTobin; submitted by James Tobin
Institutions
   and collections
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Tobin: J. Tobin, The Meteorite Exchange, PMB #455, P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, United States (private address)
JTobin: The Meteorite Exchange, Inc., United States; Website (private address; updated 28 Aug 2013)
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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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