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Northwest Africa 3232
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3232
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3232
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 49 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 86:
Place of purchase:Ensisheim
Date:June 2007
Mass (g):49
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):12.8-32.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.3-25.6
Magnetic suscept.:4.00
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):9.9
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Bart
Comments:Piogenite Wo7-8, Cr2O3 1.17 wt%
Institutions
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Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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