Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4553

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Northwest Africa 4553

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4553
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4553
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 531 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	L3.7
Recommended:			L3.7 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.7. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 25 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 179:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	2006
Mass (g):	531
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3.7
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6-27.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14.3-23.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.4
Classifier:	Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):	23
Type spec location:	NAU
Main mass:	Aaronson

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)

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 9370 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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