Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 752

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Northwest Africa 752

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 752
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 752
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 3.45 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	LL4/5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL4/5
Recommended:			LL4/5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites classified as LL4/5. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 30:

Origin or pseudonym:	Kern Kern
Place of purchase:	Rissani
Date:	P 2000
Mass (g):	3450
Pieces:	3
Class:	LL4/5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):	29
Ferrosilite (mol%):	24
Classifier:	A. Sokol and A. Bischoff (Mün)
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	Mün

Institutions
and collections

Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 7752 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1971 unapproved names)

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