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Northwest Africa 2609
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2609
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2609
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.18 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L4-6
Recommended:  L4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 69:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/Algeria
Date:November 2004
Mass (g):2180
Pieces:1
Class:L4-6
Weathering grade:W1
Magnetic suscept.:4.86
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):1783
Type spec location:UGÖ
Main mass:UGÖ
Comments:Breccia
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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 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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