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Northwest Africa 4022
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4022
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4022
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 887 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 840 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3.   [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:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 244:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:2005
Mass (g):886.9
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S3/4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):1.2-41.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):5.3-30.3
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):22.6
Type spec location:MNB
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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