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Northwest Africa 1810
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1810
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1810
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 42 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  EL5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EL5
Recommended:  EL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites classified as EL5.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 29:
Origin or pseudonym:Anbdur
Date:P 2000
Mass (g):42
Pieces:1
Class:EL5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.95
Classifier:S. Afanasiev and N. Kononkova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:Vernad
Comments:Kamacite: 0.99 wt% Si; plag: An10.5Or 4.4
Institutions
   and collections		 Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Collection FABIEN/FRANÇOIS-XAVIER KUNTZ/FLOTTERER   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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