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Northwest Africa 3280

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3280
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3280
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 39 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 97	(2010)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 3 Nov 2009

Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 133:

Place of purchase:	Ensisheim
Date:	June 2007
Mass (g):	39
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ureilite
Fayalite (mol%):	16.4-26.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.2-19.9
Magnetic suscept.:	4.46
Classifier:	R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel
Type spec mass (g):	8.1
Type spec location:	Kiel
Main mass:	Bart
Comments:	Pigeonite Wo7-9, Cr2O3 1.12%

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)
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.

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

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