Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 085

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Northwest Africa 085

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 085
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 085
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1804 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.8
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	H3.8
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.8
Recommended:			H3.8 [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 45:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	P 9 Aug 2000
Mass (g):	1804
Pieces:	several
Class:	H3.8
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.9±0.7
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	>20
Main mass:	buyer

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Bernhard Rems
Don Edwards
Matteo Chinellato

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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