Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 2349

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Northwest Africa 2349

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 2349
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2349
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 98 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	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 3 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 25:

Origin or pseudonym:	Morocco/Algeria
Date:	May 2004
Mass (g):	98
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3/4
Weathering grade:	W1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.93
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):	21.5
Type spec location:	Vernad
Main mass:	Bilet
Comments:	Breccia

Institutions
and collections

Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)

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 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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