Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 3360

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Northwest Africa 3360

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3360
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3360
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 112 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 90	(2006)	H3-5
Recommended:			H3-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites classified as H3-5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 3 Feb 2005

Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 213:

Place of purchase:	Dortmund
Date:	Oct 2000
Mass (g):	112
Pieces:	1
Class:	H3-5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19 ± 2.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16 ± 2.1
Classifier:	Niemeier, Jording, and A. Bischoff
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	Mun
Comments:	Updated 26 Jul 2007: breccia, impact melt clasts

Institutions
and collections

Mun: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)

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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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