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Northwest Africa 1524
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1524
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1524
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 191 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L3/4
Recommended:  L3/4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites classified as L3/4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2007
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 49:
Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:2001 Oct
Mass (g):191
Pieces:1
Class:L3/4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; microprobe-support by P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel. Purchased: U. Eger
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:U. Eger
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)
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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