Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 2960

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Northwest Africa 2960

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 2960
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2960
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 433 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	L3.4
Recommended:			L3.4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 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 1 Sep 2006

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 129:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	2005
Mass (g):	433
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3.4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	8.2-44
Classifier:	T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	21.1
Type spec location:	NAU
Main mass:	Oakes
Comments:	Olv (Cr2O3 = 0.12 ± 0.05)

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Oakes: Nelson Oakes, Route 1, House 50C, Uniondale, PA 18470, United States; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

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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