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Northwest Africa 4188
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4188
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4188
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 120 g
Classification
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Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L3-4
Recommended:  L3-4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites classified as L3-4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 206:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:Before 2002
Mass (g):120
Pieces:1
Class:L3-4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):20.4-27.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):19-22
Classifier:T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:DuPont
Main mass:DuPont
Comments:Polymict breccia
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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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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