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Northwest Africa 10321

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 10321
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10321
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Morocco
Mass: 6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	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 Sep 2015

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Morocco
Place of purchase:	Bologna
Date:	P 2006
Mass (g):	6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3
Classifier:	V. Moggi Cecchi, S. Caporali, G. Pratesi, MSN-FI
Type spec mass (g):	1.2
Type spec location:	MSN-FI
Main mass:	OAM
Comments:	Fa19.7, N=8, MD=0.49, PMD=2.68, Fe/Mn=22; Fs17.6, N=7, MD=0.67, PMD=5.63, Fe/Mn=35; submitted by Vanni Moggi Cecchi

Institutions
and collections

OAM: Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto ( BO) Italy Osservatorio Astronomico e Museo "Giorgio Abetti", San Giovanni Persiceto, Bologna, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 31 Oct 2012)
MSN-FI: Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola”, Sez. Mineralogia – Sistema Museale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze Via Giorgio La Pira, 4 – 50121 Firenze, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Oct 2022)

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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 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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