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Northwest Africa 10379
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10379
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10379
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 7.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 7 Nov 2015
Data from:
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State/Prov/County:Guelmim-Es-Semara
Place of purchase:Tirhert
Date:P 2014 July 18
Mass (g):7.2
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):25.8±9.1 (3.6-31.9, PMD=25%, N=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):14.6±10.4 (2.7-30.0, PMD=64%, N=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±1.0
Magnetic suscept.:4.14
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):1.45
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Pierre-Marie Pelé
Comments:Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.13±0.13 wt% (n=7).; submitted by J. Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco (plus 2 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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