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Northwest Africa 10342
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10342
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10342
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 43 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 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 3 Oct 2015
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):43
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):30.2±0.4 (n=16)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.9±0.7 (n=17)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):9.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:Breccia; plagioclase grain size about 70 µm.; 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)
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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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