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Northwest Africa 15198
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15198
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15198
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 79 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 111  (2023)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3295 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 19 Aug 2022
Data from:
  MB111
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Bologna
Date:P 2019 Mar
Mass (g):79
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):30.3±0.5 (N=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.8±0.4 (N=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.3
Classifier:V. Moggi Cecchi, L. Fabrizi, G. Pratesi, MSN-FI
Type spec mass (g):15.8
Type spec location:MSN-FI
Main mass:Petriccione
Finder:Anonymous
Comments:Field PET20-2;Inv.# I-3650; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections
MSN-FI: Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola”, Sez. Mineralogia – Sistema Museale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze Via Giorgio La Pira, 4 – 50121 Firenze, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Oct 2022)
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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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Antonello Petriccione   
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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