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Northwest Africa 8029
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8029
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8029
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 288 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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 24 Sep 2013
Data from:
  MB102
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Place of purchase:Western Sahara
Date:P Autumn 2003
Mass (g):288
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.8±0.3 (n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8±0.2 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:R. Greenwood, OU
Type spec mass (g):21.0
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:Michel Franco
Comments:Submitted by Richard Greenwood
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 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.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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