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Northwest Africa 8769
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8769
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8769
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 250 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 840 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 27 Jan 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 8769 (NWA 8769)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2014

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: The meteorite was bought 2014 on a mineral fair in Munich, Germany.

Physical characteristics: The small sandblasted individuals display a dark-grayish interior.

Petrography: It is dominatly composed of well defined chondrules about 0.7 mm in diameter.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2014
Mass (g):250
Pieces:10
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):13.8±10.2 (0.5-26.3, n=50)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.8±10.2 (0.5-26.3, n=50)
Wollastonite (mol%):14.8±7.3 (1.5-26.6, n=41)
Magnetic suscept.:Wo1.4±1.1 (rang
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
Catalogs:
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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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