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Northwest Africa 10008
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 7.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  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 13 Feb 2015
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 11/2014
Mass (g):7.5
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):17.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.8
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Hanno Strufe
Comments:Purchased by Hanno Strufe from a local meteorite dealer Erfoud, Morocco; plagioclase grain size about 30 µm; submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
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MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/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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