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Northwest Africa 3154

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3154
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3154
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 722 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6408 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)

Comments:

Approved 11 Jun 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Northwest Africa 3154 (NWA 3154)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2005 Apr

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)

History: Purchased by Greg Hupé in April 2005 from a dealer in Tagounite, Morocco.

Petrography: Well-formed, small chondrules and abundant metal (mostly fresh and only slightly stained) in the matrix.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_16.9-17.2), orthopyroxene (Fs_15.1Wo_0.3), clinopyroxene (Fs_7.6Wo_37.5; Fs_13.5Wo_32.7).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4).

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1162:

Place of purchase:	Tagounite
Date:	P 2005 Apr
Mass (g):	722
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W0/1
Fayalite (mol%):	16.9-17.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.3
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.6
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	G. Hupe
Comments:	GH-147; submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Hupe: (old address—now see GHupé or AHupé) G. and A. Hupe, 2616 Lake Youngs Court SE, Renton, WA 98058., United States (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
The Hupe Collection
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
jean bernard Delbauve
Solar Anamnesis

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9042 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1870 unapproved names)

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