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Northwest Africa 11711
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11711
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11711
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 48.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 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 24 Feb 2018
Data from:
  MB107
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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2017
Mass (g):48.8
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.9±0.3 (n=12)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.4±0.6 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9±0.3 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):12.1
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 30 um; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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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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