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Northwest Africa 4818
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4818
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4818
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 388 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  CV3
Recommended:  CV3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 481 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 25 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB113
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Classifier:T. Bunch, NAU
Type spec location:NAU* type specimen now at ROM. 11.8 g at ROM.; remainder with owner.
Comments:Work name 1099
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 184:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:2006
Mass (g):388
Pieces:1
Class:CV3
Fayalite (mol%):1.45-53.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):2.7-34.4
Classifier:Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:NAU*
Main mass:Birdsell
Comments:Many small CAIs
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU*: Collection discontinued. Specimens redistributed as shown in individual meteorite records, United States (institutional address; updated 24 Jun 2024)
ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
Birdsell: Arizona Skies Meteorites, P.O. Box 2412, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, United States; Website (private address)
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. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 113, in preparation (2024)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9921 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1838 unapproved names)

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