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Northwest Africa 8153
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8153
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8153
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 891 g
Classification
  history:
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 18 Nov 2013
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Anaheim, CA
Date:P 1993 summer
Mass (g):890.59
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.8±0.6 (n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8±0.1 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.1 (n=8)
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):30.32
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:with owner: David Burton, Burton's Gems and Opals, Anaheim
Comments:contains diopside Fs8.0Wo45.0; submitted by Alan Rubin
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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