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Northwest Africa 4441
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4441
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4441
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 124 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 94  (2008)  CO3.2
Recommended:  CO3.2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as CO3.2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 4 May 2008
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Classifier:T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec location:NAU* type specimen now at YPMNH. 20 g including one polished thin section at YPMNH; remainder with owner.
Comments:Work names 950 and GH-234, thin section GH-234
Data from:
  MB94
  Table 2
  Line 23:
State/Prov/County:Algeria, Purchased in Erfoud, Morocco
Date:2005; 3-2006
Mass (g):124
Pieces:3
Class:CO3.2
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):28.3-36.3
Classifier:T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:NAU*
Main mass:GHupé
Comments:Olivine Cr2O3 = 0.06-0.24; FeO/MnO = 56 to 100
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU*: Collection discontinued. Specimens redistributed as shown in individual meteorite records, United States (institutional address; updated 24 Jun 2024)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)
YPMNH: Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118 New Haven, CT 06520-8118 , United States; Website (institutional address; updated 30 Aug 2014)
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
The Hupe Collection   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9927 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1837 unapproved names)

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