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Northwest Africa 5776 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 5776 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 5776 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 14 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB98 Table 1 Line 34: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) TCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Feb 2012) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |