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Northwest Africa 1212
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1212
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1212
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 803 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 695 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 128:
Origin or pseudonym:Zagora
Date:1999
Mass (g):803
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.9
Classifier:T. Mikouchi and K. Kaneda (UTok)
Type spec mass (g):149
Type spec location:Utok
Main mass:unknown
Comments:br, H6 class; (PMD: Fa 0.28%, Fs 0.25%)
Institutions
   and collections		 UTok: University Museum, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan (institutional address; updated 3 Oct 2021)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names)

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