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Northwest Africa 819
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 819
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 819
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 254 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 16 Nov 2010
Data from:
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Place of purchase:M'hamid
Date:P 20 Sept 2000
Mass (g):254
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):20.0
Classifier:Alan Rubin
Type spec mass (g):20.96
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:MFarmer
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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