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Northwest Africa 8536
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8536
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 8536
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 54.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 103  (2014)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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 2014
Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P April 2005
Mass (g):54.4
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):17.0±0.4 (N=59)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6±0.7 (N=30)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.2 (N=30)
Classifier:C. Gilmour and C. Herd, UAb
Type spec mass (g):54.4
Type spec location:UAb
Main mass:UAb
Comments:One of several ordinary chondrites purchased by S. Gibb in April 2005 on behalf of the UAb Meteorite Collection.; submitted by C. Herd
Institutions
   and collections
UAb: 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada, Canada; Website (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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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 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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