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Northwest Africa 10373
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10373
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10373
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 10.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 7 Oct 2015
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Ensisheim, France
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):10.8
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.5±0.2 (n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.7±0.4 (n=17)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):4.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 30 µm; 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. 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 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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