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Northwest Africa 2096
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2096
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2096
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 922 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 824 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)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 157:
Origin or pseudonym:Kem Kem
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2002
Mass (g):922
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):15.1 PMD 41
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8 PMD 37
Classifier:J. Schlüter (Ham)
Type spec mass (g):36
Type spec location:Hamburg and MPI
Main mass:Industrial Research Center (IRC), Tripoli, Libya
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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