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Northwest Africa 8278
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8278
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8278
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 34 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  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 26 Feb 2014
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Torino
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):34
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.2 (18.1-18.3, n=13, PMD=4.9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.9 (15.7-16.1, n=14, PMD=5.6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4-1.6
Classifier:V. Moggi Cecchi, S. Caporali, G. Pratesi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):6.82
Type spec location:MSP
Main mass:Castellano
Comments:Submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi
Institutions
   and collections		 MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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