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Northwest Africa 10314
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10314
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10314
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 246 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Sep 2015
Data from:
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Place of purchase:Zagora, Morocco
Date:P 2015
Mass (g):246
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):18.9±0.2 (n=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5±0.2 (n=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5 (n=8)
Classifier:A. Bischoff and P. Markus, IfP
Type spec mass (g):31.7
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Sergey Vasiliev
Finder:Unknown
Comments:Submitted by Ebert S.
Institutions
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IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
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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:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2049 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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