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Northwest Africa 2015
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2015
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 544 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  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:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 140:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Place of purchase:Find
Date:2002
Mass (g):544
Pieces:2
Class:H4
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7
Classifier:
Type spec mass (g):29.8
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Bart
Comments:An8Or3.2
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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