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Northwest Africa 4460

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4460
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4460
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Algeria
Mass: 1584 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 95	(2009)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 861 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as L3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 12 Feb 2009

Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 46:

Place of purchase:	Algeria
Date:	Jun-06
Mass (g):	1584
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.5+0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.2-21.7 (19.2+ 1.4)
Magnetic suscept.:	4.89
Classifier:	M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):	37
Type spec location:	MNHNP
Main mass:	PThomas
Comments:	Melt pockets; native Cu; estimated subtype: >3.5

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. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)