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Northwest Africa 7136
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7136
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7136
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 1300 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 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 10 Apr 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1651:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2010
Mass (g):1300
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):63.7
Type spec location:PSF
Main mass:F. Kuntz
Comments:Submitted by Wittke
Institutions
   and collections
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 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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Michael S. Scherman   
The Wilcox Collection of Meteorites   
Wojciech Moscinski   
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 1973 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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