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Northwest Africa 455
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 455
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 455
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Western Sahara
Mass:help 81 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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:
  MB87
  Table 8
  Line 11:
Date:2001
Latitude:26°47.04'N
Longitude:12°50.01'W
Mass (g):81
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):12.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.4
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz
Type spec mass (g):16.3
Main mass:Kurz
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Western Sahara
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (26° 47' 2"N, 12° 50' 1"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites from Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names)
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