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Northwest Africa 3328
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3328
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3328
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 57 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  H6/7
Recommended:  H6/7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H6/7.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 159:
Place of purchase:Zeida, Morocco
Date:Before 2005
Mass (g):57
Pieces:1
Class:H6/7
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.3
Classifier:T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):12.1
Type spec location:DuPont
Main mass:Fabien Kuntz
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
DuPont: James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection, Deposited at FMNH in 2008., United States (private address; updated 1 Jun 2012)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Collection FABIEN/FRANÇOIS-XAVIER KUNTZ/FLOTTERER      
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Fabien Kuntz      
jean bernard Delbauve   
Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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