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Northwest Africa 5929
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5929
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5929
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 3 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3314 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Feb 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Agadir, Morocco
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):3000
Pieces:>50
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):28.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.4
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):33.0
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Tomasz Jakubowski
Comments:plagioclase grain size about 25 µm; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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