Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 4930

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Northwest Africa 4930

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 4930
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4930
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 117.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 94	(2008)	Martian (shergottite)
Recommended:			Martian (shergottite) [explanation]

This is 1 of 298 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 4 May 2008

Data from:
  MB94
  Table 2
  Line 86:

State/Prov/County:	Ensisheim
Date:	Jun-2007
Mass (g):	117.5
Pieces:	76
Class:	Shergottite
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.4;59.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	33.6;16.7
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.1
Type spec location:	UWS
Main mass:	GHupé
Comments:	Paired with NWA 2975

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)

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Photos:

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Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney

Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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