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Northwest Africa 5483
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5483
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5483
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 47.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12023 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Dec 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 2
  Line 127:
Place of purchase:South of Morroco
Date:2002
Mass (g):47.62
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2/3
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):18.63
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.62
Wollastonite (mol%):1.56
Classifier:A. Seddiki UO, B. Moine and Cottin, UJM, M. Denise MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Type spec location:MNHNP
Main mass:Toulouse
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Toulouse: No contact information provided., France (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2011)
UJM: Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France (institutional address)
UO: Université d'Oran Es-senia, Algeria (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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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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