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Northwest Africa 8075
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8075
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8075
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 311 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L5-melt breccia
Recommended:  L5-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 37 approved meteorites classified as L5-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 22 Jan 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:St.Marie aux Mines, France
Date:P 2012 Jun 30
Mass (g):311
Pieces:1
Class:L5-melt breccia
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.1
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Unmelted fragments are L5 type and S4; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9344 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1872 unapproved names)

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