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Northwest Africa 4081
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4081
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4081
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 65.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2007
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 173:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):65.7
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB
Type spec mass (g):14.6
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Anger
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Anger: Christian Anger, Korngasse 6, 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria; Website (private address)
Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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