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Northwest Africa 2189
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2189
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2189
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 32 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  LL4-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4-6
Recommended:  LL4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as LL4-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 126:
Origin or pseudonym:Boudnib (find)
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2002, found
Mass (g):32
Pieces:1
Class:LL4-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):29.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):24
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):6.5
Comments:br, sv, calc.v.; (data±1 mol% EDS analyses)
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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8495 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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