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Northwest Africa 1962
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1962
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1962
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 150 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5/6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5/6
Recommended:  H5/6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 256 approved meteorites classified as H5/6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 45:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:Jan 2003
Mass (g):150
Pieces:1
Class:H5/6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Classifier:A. Sokol, A. Bischoff, Mün
Type spec mass (g):23
Comments:sv; (data±1 mol% EDS analyses)
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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