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Northwest Africa 946
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 946
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 946
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 424 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.8
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8
Recommended:  H3.8    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 76:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P Jun 2001
Mass (g):424
Pieces:7
Class:H3.8
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.6
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):21.9
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Hupé
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Shinishi Kato   
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Phil Schmitz   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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