Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4717

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Northwest Africa 4717

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4717
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4717
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1318 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 93	(2008)	H3.8
Recommended:			H3.8 [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 6 Mar 2008

Data from:
  MB93
  Table 2
  Line 96:

Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	2006
Mass (g):	1318
Pieces:	1
Class:	H 3.8
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.0 ± 0.5
Classifier:	R. Pickard, P. Williams and M. Clissold, BORF
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	AMusS
Main mass:	C. Brandl

Institutions
and collections

AMusS: Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Christopher Brandl	Photo added 25 Nov 2016

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 7885 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1958 unapproved names)

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