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Northwest Africa 7745
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7745
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7745
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 250 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 414 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 12 Apr 2013
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
Date:P 2012
Mass (g):250
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):29.1±10.6 (1.8-32, n=26)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.1±9.4 (2.1-27.8, n=26)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Harald Stehlik
Comments:chondrule mean diameter is about 1 mm; very low metal content. Cr2O3 in olivine, 0.1-0.4 wt%; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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 8495 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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