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Northwest Africa 3071
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3071
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3071
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 30 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 710 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 418:
Origin or pseudonym:Erfoud
Date:2002
Mass (g):30
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):16.8 (3.4-21.9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16 (9.7-18.2)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz
Type spec mass (g):6.4
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, 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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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