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Northwest Africa 11210
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11210
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11210
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Mauritania
Mass:help 2.93 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  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 14 Apr 2017
Data from:
  MB106
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Place of purchase:Nouakchott
Date:2016
Mass (g):2930
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.6±0.2 (N=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.2±0.1 (N=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1±0.1
Magnetic suscept.:5.12
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):45.2
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:anonymous
Comments:hondritic texture with well delineated chondrules.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography:

Mauritania
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 221 approved meteorites from Mauritania (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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