Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 015

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Northwest Africa 015

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 015
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Morocco
Mass: 5 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB84
  Table 9
  Line 15:

Place of purchase:	Rissani
Latitude:	31°20'N
Longitude:	4°20'W
Mass (g):	39
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	17.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.6
Classifier:	S. Afanasiev and M. Ivanova (Vernad)
Type spec location:	Vernad
Comments:	Purchased by S. Afanasiev, V. Kalachev, and D. Kachalin during a 1999 meteorite expedition in the Moroccan Sahara

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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(31° 20'N, 4° 20'W)
Recommended::	(31° 20'N, 4° 20'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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