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Northwest Africa 2583
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2583
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2583
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 512 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 45:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/Algeria
Date:June 2004
Mass (g):512.2
Pieces:1
Class:L3/4
Weathering grade:W0-1
Fayalite (mol%):23.8-26.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.4-22.4
Magnetic suscept.:5.06
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.4
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:HSSH
Comments:An48Or1
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)
HSSH: Hanno Strufe, Langenbergstr. 32, 66954 Pirmasens, Germany; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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