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Northwest Africa 7245
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7245
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7245
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1183 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L5/6
Recommended:  L5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Mar 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1692:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2010
Mass (g):1183
Pieces:1
Class:L5/6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.5
Classifier:Ansgar Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:T. Jakubowski
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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