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Northwest Africa 2443
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2443
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2443
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 230 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H3-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3-5
Recommended:  H3-5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as H3-5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 247:
Place of purchase:Dortmund
Date:Nov 2003
Mass (g):230
Pieces:1
Class:H3-5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):17±0.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):13.5±4
Classifier:A. Bischoff, A. Sokol, M. Niemeier, Mün
Type spec mass (g):20
Comments:br; minor type 3 components
Institutions
   and collections		 Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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