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Northwest Africa 10878
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10878
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10878
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 195 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 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 27 Sep 2016
Data from:
  MB105
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2016
Mass (g):195
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):28.2±0.2 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.0±0.3 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.2 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 60 µm; breccia; 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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/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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