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Northwest Africa 8099
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8099
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8099
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 355 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 6 Jan 2015
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2013
Mass (g):355
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.4±5.1 (10.4-26, n=22)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.9±7.2 (0.5-20.5, n=19)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.0
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Tomasz Jakubowski
Comments:chondrule diameter about 0.6 mm; low metal content; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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