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Northwest Africa 4807
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4807
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4807
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 16.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 25 Oct 2010
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 29 Apr 2007
Mass (g):16.2708
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Fayalite (mol%):29.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.9
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:Devin L. Schrader, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta, Dolores H. Hill, and Ken J. Domanik at UAz, and Richard C. Greenwood, Jemma Davidson, and Ian A. Franchi at OU
Type spec mass (g):3.3
Type spec location:UAz
Main mass:MFarmer
Comments:Oxygen isotopes plot near HEDs, d18O=3.4, d17O=1.5, D17O= -0.2; submitted by Devin L. Schrader
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
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OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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