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Northwest Africa 2798
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2798
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2798
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1805 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  L3.2
Recommended:  L3.2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as L3.2.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2005
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Classifier:J. Wittke and T. Bunch
Type spec location:NAU* type specimen now at UWB. 23.6 g including one polished thin section at YPMNH; remainder with owner.
Comments:Work names 674 and GH118, thin section RAE12
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 105:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:2005
Mass (g):1805
Pieces:3
Class:L3.2
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):5-39
Classifier:J. Wittke and T. Bunch
Type spec mass (g):23.6
Type spec location:NAU*
Comments:Olv-Cr2O3 = 0.21 ± 0.09
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU*: Collection discontinued. Specimens redistributed as shown in individual meteorite records, United States (institutional address; updated 24 Jun 2024)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
YPMNH: Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118 New Haven, CT 06520-8118 , United States; Website (institutional address; updated 30 Aug 2014)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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John Lutzon   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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