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Northwest Africa 15764
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 15764
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 15764
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 72.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2024)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3314 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 23 Feb 2023
Data from:
  MB112
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Place of purchase:Agadir. Morocco
Date:P August 2022
Mass (g):72.6
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Fayalite (mol%):27.6±0.5 (n=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.9 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.1
Magnetic suscept.:3.60
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):16.47
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Kuntz
Finder:anonymous
Comments:work name K560; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2024) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 1820–1823. ?
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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