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Northwest Africa 830
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 830
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 830
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 55 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  R5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  R5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  R5
Recommended:  R5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites classified as R5.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 40:
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):55
Pieces:1
Class:R5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):40.2 ± 2.2
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):13
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:anonymous dealers
Comments:br
Institutions
   and collections		 UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9116 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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