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Northwest Africa 3017
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3017
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3017
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1070 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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 195:
Date:2002
Mass (g):1070
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.3
Classifier:S. Afanasiev and N. Kononkova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):21
Type spec location:Vernad
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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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