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Northwest Africa 2511
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2511
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2511
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 124 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L3-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3-6
Recommended:  L3-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 61 approved meteorites classified as L3-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 300:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):124
Pieces:1
Class:L3-6
Shock stage:S2/3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):0.6-30
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.1-24.4
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Main mass:Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1837 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 24 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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