Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 8322

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Northwest Africa 8322

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 8322
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8322
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 563 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2954 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 8 Mar 2014

Data from:
  MB103
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Place of purchase:	Mauritania
Date:	P Dec 2013
Mass (g):	563
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	29.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.9
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	25.2
Type spec location:	MNB
Main mass:	Marcin Cimala
Comments:	Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

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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Photos:

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Piotr gural100

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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