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Northwest Africa 6084
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6084
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6084
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 65 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 1 Feb 2013
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:P 2007
Mass (g):65
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):23.1 (11.3 to 39.1, n=27)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:M.A. Ivanova, Vernad; J. Popova, MSU
Type spec mass (g):19.3
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:Ol PMD=29.2.; submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Stehlik: Harald Stehlik, 1220 Wien, Austria (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names)

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