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Northwest Africa 4680

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4680
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4680
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 3.83 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 92	(2007)	L4-6
Recommended:			L4-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4-6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 24 Jul 2007

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 2
  Line 122:

Place of purchase:	Erfoud, Morocco
Date:	Nov-2006
Mass (g):	3830
Pieces:	1
Class:	L4-6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.5
Classifier:	Pickard, Williams and McKinnon
Type spec mass (g):	23
Type spec location:	AMAS
Main mass:	Bessey
Comments:	Brecciated

Institutions
and collections

AMAS: Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
Bessey: Dean Bessey ,P.O. Box 40810, Glenfield, Auckland 1310 , New Zealand; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Gipo Meteorites
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Dirk Hohmann
Gregor H.

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names)

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