Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4252

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Northwest Africa 4252

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4252
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4252
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 216 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	LL4-5
Recommended:			LL4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL4-5. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2006

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 251:

Place of purchase:	Hamburg, Germany
Date:	2003
Mass (g):	216
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL4-5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24
Classifier:	J. Schlüter, Ham
Type spec mass (g):	22.6
Type spec location:	Ham
Main mass:	Gren
Comments:	Breccia

Institutions
and collections

Gren: Andreas Gren, Hamburg, Germany (private address)
Ham: Museum der Natur Hamburg - Mineralogie, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2024)

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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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