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Northwest Africa 3158

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3158
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3158
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 681 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 95	(2009)	ANG
Recommended:			Angrite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 23 Dec 2008

Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 40:

Place of purchase:	Tagounite
Date:	Aug-04
Mass (g):	681
Pieces:	1
Class:	ANG
Fayalite (mol%):	39.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	10.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	53.2
Classifier:	T. Irving, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.1
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	GHupé
Comments:	Paired with NWA 2999

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)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)

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Photos:

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Jay Piatek

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)

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