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Northwest Africa 12621
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12621
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12621
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2019
Country: Niger
Mass:help 300 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H~5
Recommended:  H~5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 190 approved meteorites classified as H~5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 7 May 2019
Data from:
  MB18
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Agadez
Origin or pseudonym:desert
Place of purchase:Agadez
Date:P Apr 2019
Mass (g):300
Pieces:1
Class:H~5
Weathering grade:W3
Magnetic suscept.:4.93
Classifier:R. Bartoschewitz
Type spec mass (g):31.4
Type spec location:Kiel
Main mass:anonymous
Finder:anonymous
Comments:fragment with some weathered fusion crust; submitted by R. Bartoschewitz
Institutions
   and collections		 Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 18, Moscow (1960)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Niger
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites from Agadez, Niger
     This is 1 of 106 approved meteorites from Niger (plus 4 unapproved names)

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