Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 903

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Northwest Africa 903

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 903
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 903
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 529 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	H3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3
Recommended:			H3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 661 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 5:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud
Date:	2003
Mass (g):	>529
Pieces:	several
Class:	H3
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	14.85
Classifier:	V. Moggi Cecchi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):	28.9

Institutions
and collections

MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 5 Mar 2014)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 8390 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names)

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