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Northwest Africa 5249
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5249
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5249
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 84 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L-chondrite impact melt
Recommended:  L-imp melt    [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L-imp melt.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 12 Feb 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 92:
Place of purchase:Munich
Date:2004
Mass (g):84
Pieces:1
Class:L-chondrite impact melt
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):23.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:C. Lorenz and N. Kononkova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):17.1
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Stehlik
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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