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Northwest Africa 7663
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7663
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7663
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 277 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL5-6
Recommended:  LL5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Jan 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:El Marsa, Morocco
Date:P May 2011
Mass (g):276.6
Pieces:1
Class:LL5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):30
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.5
Wollastonite (mol%):2
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):60
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:DMUH
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
DMUH: Dedovsk Museum of Universe History, Russia; Website (institutional address; updated 26 Sep 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1974 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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