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Northwest Africa 6994
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 6994
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 6994
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 20.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 25 Oct 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1564:
Place of purchase:Los Angeles
Date:2005
Mass (g):20.54
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.5±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8
Classifier:Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):4.31
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:with purchaser, Sean Tutorow
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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