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Nova 012
Basic information Name: Nova 012
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: Egypt
Mass:help 266 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 23 May 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
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Place of purchase:Farafra Oasis, Egypt
Date:P 2010
Mass (g):266
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:C. A. Lorenz, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):68.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:A. Murashko
Comments:Field name is Tolik; submitted by C.A. Lorenz
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography:

Egypt
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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