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Northwest Africa 4530
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4530
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4530
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 35.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Comments: Approved 25 Nov 2009
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 1
  Line 177:
Origin or pseudonym:Algeria
Date:September 2006
Mass (g):35.9
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Fayalite (mol%):0.03-72
Classifier:Bunch and Wittke, NAU; Irving, UWS
Type spec mass (g):6.4
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:PMani
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
PMani: Philip Mani, 20726 Stone Oak Parkway, Suite 116, San Antonio, TX 78258 , United States (private address; updated 2 Jan 2010)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 7655 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1972 unapproved names)

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