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Northwest Africa 1548
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1548
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1548
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 332 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 384 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 152:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco/ Algeria
Date:P 2002
Mass (g):331.6
Pieces:1
Class:LL4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):29.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.1
Classifier:J. Zipfel, MPI
Type spec mass (g):31.4
Main mass:Kraus
Comments:calc. v.
Institutions
   and collections		 Kraus: Thomas Kraus, German-Space-Shop, Biichelstr. 87, 53227 Bonn, Germany (private address)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8420 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1900 unapproved names)

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