Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3090

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Northwest Africa 3090

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3090
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3090
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Morocco
Mass: 221 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [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 431:

Origin or pseudonym:	Morocco
Date:	2002/2003
Mass (g):	221
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	17.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.6
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	28.6
Main mass:	Peter Marmet, Bern, Switzerland

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

Catalogs:

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 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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