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Northwest Africa 7293
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7293
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7293
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 1034 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  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 14 Sep 2013
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Nouadhibou
Date:2011
Mass (g):1034
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.3 (18.8-19.8, n=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.4 (17.0-18.8, n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3 (1.1-1.5)
Magnetic suscept.:5.42
Classifier:Bart
Type spec mass (g):35.8
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:Bart
Finder:anonymous
Comments:complete oriented individual. Kamacite: Ni=6.5-6.8, Co=0.66; submitted by R. 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 221 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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