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Northwest Africa 4245
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4245
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4245
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 21 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 44:
Place of purchase:Northwest Africa
Date:2003
Mass (g):21
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Shock stage:S2
Fayalite (mol%):4.22
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.85
Classifier:J. Schlüter, Hamb
Type spec mass (g):9.8
Type spec location:Hamb
Main mass:Kasper von Wuthenau, Techin
Institutions
   and collections		 Hamb: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)
Wuthenau: No contact information provided. (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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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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