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Northwest Africa 4147
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4147
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4147
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 38.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 690 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2007
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 197:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):38.6
Pieces:1
Class:H3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):0.6-24.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.2-16.9
Classifier:A. Greshake and M. Kurz, MNB
Type spec mass (g):8.6
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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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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