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Northwest Africa 11630
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11630
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11630
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 18 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 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 24 Jan 2018
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Hamburg, Germany
Date:P 2017
Mass (g):18
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):16.1±10.7 (0.7-36.9, n=29)
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.1±7.5 (5.3-30.8, n=21)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±1.2 (0.2-4.4, n=21)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):4
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:mean chondrule diameter is about 0.6 mm; 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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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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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