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Northwest Africa 2549
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2549
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2549
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 17 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  CV3 ox
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 467 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 334:
Place of purchase:München
Date:P Nov 2003
Mass (g):17
Pieces:1
Class:CV3 ox
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):28±16 (0-41)
Ferrosilite (mol%):0-11
Classifier:A. Bischoff, A. Sokol, M. Niemeier Mün
Type spec mass (g):4
Main mass:HSSH
Institutions
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HSSH: Hanno Strufe, Langenbergstr. 32, 66954 Pirmasens, Germany; Website (private address)
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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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