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Northwest Africa 4253
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4253
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4253
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.26 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L5-6
Recommended:  L5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 61 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 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 252:
Place of purchase:Hamburg, Germany
Date:2003
Mass (g):2260
Pieces:1
Class:L5-6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.4
Classifier:J. Schlüter, Ham
Type spec mass (g):23.6
Type spec location:Ham
Main mass:Gren
Comments:Breccia
Institutions
   and collections		 Gren: Andreas Gren, Hamburg, Germany (private address)
Ham: Mineralogisches Museum, Universität of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Feb 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7552 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1969 unapproved names)

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