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Northwest Africa 2807
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2807
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2807
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 950 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 867 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)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 366:
Origin or pseudonym:Northwest Africa
Date:2004
Mass (g):950
Pieces:1
Class:L3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):0.6-36.3 (48%)
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.9-29.8
Classifier:Lorenz C.A. Vernad
Type spec mass (g):26.6
Comments:Co in kamacite = 0.9 wt%
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9933 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1837 unapproved names)

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