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Northwest Africa 3304
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3304
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3304
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 415 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 605 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 2 Mar 2012
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Northwest Africa 3304 (NWA 3304)

Northwest Africa

Purchased: 2006 Feb

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)

Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart; P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel): An92Or<0.1. Oxygen isotopes (I. Franchi and R. Greenwood, OU): δ17O=-3.16, δ18O=1.39.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1166:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2006 Feb
Mass (g):414.7
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S1
Fayalite (mol%):2.5 (0.4-7.5; n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.3 (0.8-6.2; n=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1 (0.5-1.7;n=5)
Magnetic suscept.:4.32
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:HSSH
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by Bartoschewitz
Plots: O isotopes:  
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)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
HSSH: Hanno Strufe, Langenbergstr. 32, 66954 Pirmasens, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names)

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