Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4201

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Northwest Africa 4201

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4201
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4201
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 95 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 848 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 28 Mar 2007

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 217:

Place of purchase:	Hamburg, Germany
Date:	2005 Dec 9
Mass (g):	95
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5 ± 1.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6 ± 5
Classifier:	A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):	18
Type spec location:	IfP
Main mass:	Private collector

Institutions
and collections

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

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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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