Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4238

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Northwest Africa 4238

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4238
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4238
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 97 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 9037 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2006

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 239:

Place of purchase:	Munich, Germany
Date:	2003
Mass (g):	97
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.8
Classifier:	J. Schlüter, Ham
Type spec mass (g):	19.5
Type spec location:	Ham
Main mass:	Koblitz
Comments:	Breccia

Institutions
and collections

Ham: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
Koblitz: Jörn Koblitz, Benquestrasse 27, D-28209 Bremen, Germany; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9933 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1837 unapproved names)

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