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Northwest Africa 15140
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15140
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15140
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 63 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Jul 2022
Data from:
  MB111
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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Date:P 2022
Mass (g):63
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.6±0.4 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1±0.1 (n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.2 (n=5)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):14.1
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Salamu Ali
Comments:Dark brownish fragment without fusion crust. The plagioclase grain size is about 60 µm. Contains shock melt veins.; 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 Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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