Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3269

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Northwest Africa 3269

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3269
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3269
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 139 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	L/LL3
Recommended:			L/LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 3 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 122:

Place of purchase:	NWA
Date:	June 2006
Mass (g):	139
Pieces:	1
Class:	L/LL3
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Magnetic suscept.:	4.46
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.8
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Gehler
Comments:	Magnetic susceptibility intermediate between L and LL

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)
Gehler: A. Gehler, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany , Germany (private address; updated 10 Jun 2015)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)

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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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