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Northwest Africa 5394
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5394
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5394
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 15.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 7010 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 11 Jun 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1242:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2003
Mass (g):15.3
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):3.3
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Kuntz: Fabien Kuntz, France; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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