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Northwest Africa 8192
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8192
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8192
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 164 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  L5/6
Recommended:  L5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 192 approved meteorites classified as L5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 4 Feb 2014
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Munich
Date:P 2013
Mass (g):164
Pieces:1
Class:L5/6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.0 ±0.5 (23-26; n=22)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5 ±0.7 (19-21.5; n=21)
Classifier:K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by K. Metzler
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IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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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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