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Northwest Africa 4239
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4239
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4239
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 55 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  H3.7
Recommended:  H3.7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites classified as H3.7.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 240:
Place of purchase:Munich, Germany
Date:2003
Mass (g):55
Pieces:1
Class:H3.7
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):20.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):12.6
Classifier:J. Schlüter, Ham
Type spec mass (g):11.8
Type spec location:Ham
Main mass:Koblitz
Comments:Probably paired with NWA 869
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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