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Northwest Africa 4426
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4426
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4426
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 757 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 24 Jul 2007
Data from:
  MB92
  Table 2
  Line 71:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco/Algeria border
Date:2006
Mass (g):757
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.72±0.43
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.58±1.16
Magnetic suscept.:4.73
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):37.56
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:PThomas
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
PThomas: Philippe Thomas, Meteoritica, La Chave, 07690 St André en Vivarais, France (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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