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Northwest Africa 3270
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3270
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3270
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Algeria
Mass:help 943 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  Eucrite, polymict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 408 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 3 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 123:
Origin or pseudonym:Algeria
Date:July 2006
Mass (g):943
Pieces:12
Class:Eucrite, polymict
Weathering grade:-
Fayalite (mol%):-
Ferrosilite (mol%):52-55
Magnetic suscept.:3.01
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Anon
Comments:Pigeonite Fs39-55En35-30Wo25-6; plagioclase An81-92Or<2.3
Institutions
   and collections		 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Algeria
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1356 approved meteorites from Algeria (plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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