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Northwest Africa 4798
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4798
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4798
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 487 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2000 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 56:
Place of purchase:Zagora
Date:Feb-07
Mass (g):487
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2/3
Fayalite (mol%):24.4-25.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:T. Irving, UWS
Type spec mass (g):20.8
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:GHupé
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names)

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