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Northwest Africa 6733
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6733
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6733
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 2.34 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 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 31 May 2011
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:P 2009
Mass (g):2335
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.3 (18.6-21.4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.8 (16.5-17.1)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.0-1.5
Magnetic suscept.:5.03
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz (Analysts: R. Bartoschewitz, P. Appel, B. Mader, Kiel)
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Bart
Finder:anonymous
Comments:An12Or4-11; kamacite Co=0.5%; submitted by Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019)
Catalogs:
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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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