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Northwest Africa 2097
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2097
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2097
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 158 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  LL(L)3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL(L)3
Recommended:  LL(L)3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL(L)3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 158:
Origin or pseudonym:South of Boudenib
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2002
Mass (g):158
Pieces:1
Class:LL(L)3
Shock stage:S2-3
Weathering grade:W2-3
Fayalite (mol%):19.7 PMD 42
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.5 PMD 8
Classifier:J. Schlüter (Ham)
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:Hamburg and MPI
Main mass:Industrial Research Center (IRC), Tripoli, Libya
Comments:probably paired with 3006 and 3007; Note omitted from MB88 by accident:
Institutions
   and collections		 Ham: Mineralogisches Museum, Universität of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Feb 2013)
IRC: Industrial Research Center, Tripoli, Libya (institutional address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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