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Northwest Africa 2504
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2504
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2504
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 382 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H3-4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3-4
Recommended:  H3-4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites classified as H3-4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 293:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):382
Pieces:5
Class:H3-4
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.8 (1.1-23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1 (1.8-25.2)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):22.3
Main mass:Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin
Comments:br; partly melted
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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