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Northwest Africa 7212
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7212
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7212
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 301 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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 6 Mar 2012
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1683:
Place of purchase:ebay
Date:P 1 Jan 2012
Mass (g):301.3
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):17.2±0.2 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):24.88
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Scott Feek
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
Institutions
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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: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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