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Northwest Africa 2818
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2818
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2818
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Morocco?
Mass:help 156 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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 375:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco (?)
Date:2003
Mass (g):156
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):19.8±0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.5±0.3
Classifier:J. Schlüter, Ham
Type spec mass (g):>20
Main mass:H. Burkard, Bonn and I. Herkstroeter, Hamburg
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 Burkard: Horst Burkard, Bonn, Germany (private address)
Ham: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
Herkstroeter: Ingo Herkstroeter, Hamburg, Germany (private address)
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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 5 approved meteorites from Morocco?
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