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Northwest Africa 5882
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5882
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5882
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 44 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2801 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 348:
Origin or pseudonym:Western Sahara
Date:2009
Mass (g):44
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:W0-1
Magnetic suscept.:3.85
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):8.8
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Anon
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 227 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 19 unapproved names)

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