Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 828

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Northwest Africa 828

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 828
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 828
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Morocco
Mass: 738 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.0-3.4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.0-3.4
Recommended:			H3.0-3.4 [explanation]

This is the only approved meteorite classified as H3.0-3.4.
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 39:

Origin or pseudonym:	Zagora
Date:	2000
Latitude:	30°18'N
Longitude:	5°55'W
Mass (g):	738
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	16.2 ± 2.8 (n = 84)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.3 ± 2.8 (n = 49)
Classifier:	R. Altherr (Heidel)
Type spec mass (g):	36
Type spec location:	36 g, Heidel
Main mass:	anonymous dealer
Comments:	High modal abundance ofkamacite, taenite and troilite (14 vol%), all chondrules contain fresh glass. ; petrol. type 3.0-3.4

Institutions
and collections

Heidel: Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 18'N, 5° 55'W)
Recommended::	(30° 18'N, 5° 55'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites from Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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