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Northwest Africa 3361
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3361
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3361
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 29 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  L3-6
Recommended:  L3-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites classified as L3-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2005
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 214:
Place of purchase:Dortmund
Date:Oct 2000
Mass (g):29
Pieces:1
Class:L3-6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):24 ± 2.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):19 ± 1.8
Classifier:Niemeier, Jording, and A. Bischoff
Type spec mass (g):8.5
Type spec location:Mun
Comments:Updated 26 Jul 2007: shock veins, breccia, impact melt breccia clasts
Institutions
   and collections		 Mun: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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